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I VOL. LXXVII.’ N0. 28

-cmr COUNCIL ANNUAL MEETING

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By RALPH CAMERON sue of $6-t5.m)li was sold to a it A sparkling financial picture fi.\mdU_~‘a’tC at 8 mice (‘It 599.146 .s ,ho._m,g a surplus on both cm-. carrytng an interest rate of five pent and capital funds acco-untsfihd 011?-'l!3lf Del‘ 6611!. 7. was unveiled last night by tin.‘ Regarding the current funds oi. pnce chairman ll.E. Hyndman SUPDIWS ‘of $3.847. MI‘. H ndman when he gave City Council an. noted his bu:l'.:et last February nual meeting the report-at me had estimated there would be a It finance committee (or 1953. small. surplus of §l.§G4 and be it Hyndman was obviously 53 it “was granfying" to re- proud of telling Council tlie:e D0” ll had bet"? ‘M09000 hit was a modest surplus of $8.847 52~"‘3- _ _ in the cu,-Cm mugs at a time He said he had estimated rev- when most gc-vernmciivtg have to gnue for the year from taxat- resorl to ‘deficit financing’. 1°“ Ell 51344-443. but the bwlllal At the same time he said ""'°“‘-‘W5 “"-’}'9 d°\‘v'l1 310.000 due though the net debt of the City almost entirely to appeal- ‘mod at 37.139375 Char10ttC.‘_0\Vn lowed bygthe Tax Appeal B'.az‘d. M“, had assets of 511_043_-757 to However. he noted receipts from c\\' a capital funds surplus of mi‘ P01”? C-0"‘-'9 and P3!‘ '

£'..859.6. . mated revenue of $22,000.

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p‘us. he said. was reflected in 3- 7 W35 realized dcslfik‘ tlu attitude ox financial houses mg [our and me“ the C"-" “shed ‘O “Sue 09' of the total levy, for uncollectible bentures and a recent bond is- accounts

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ii Bright Financial Picture ; Seen For Charlottetown

Proceedings Move Rapidly As Reports Are Presented

By GEORGE CONDON

last night at

meeting of the Charlottetown.

tail and that the

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for important items, the net debt‘ "ey ‘had shown an increase of only $206082. '

Illll I! the Put Ofllco

Another point emphasized

Mr. Hy-ndman was the value to

down the budget in Februaryl

CI-lARLO'l"l‘ETOWN, CANADA, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1964

NOT MORE IRAN

VEN CENTS

WEATHAL

A few clouds and a little mil west winds 20. Low-high 18 a.

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Diefenbaker Receives

. Overwhelming Support

“rather than in May or June"i as in former years. This alone.’ he said. saved the city approx-, imately $l0.000 in interesi it

would have had to pay the bank.§ '

STRONG SINKING FUND I Mr. Hyudman strongly drew; t‘ f Council he ex-

. attcn ion 0 to t

cellent position of the sinkuig. I funds investments whose assets,§ h . ated. are now $16,313 in excess of actuarial iequirem:-.nts..' This means it wil‘ not be nec- aryt ‘ '

o issue any refunding 16-‘,

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ess sh . sues to liquidate previous com-, . 92 meters had exceeded their esti- m1“?l°hl5- "This is especially} gratifying as in 1952 our auditors. REFLECTED 0N MARKET The finance chairman also stated in, their -“Own” that re-! This big capital account sur- Minted out the small surplus of ‘“““‘“g '5‘“"5 “’°““‘ be "“-°"5'

an sary until 1968". He added later

allocation of $50.22-2. rcprcscnl- ‘We have ma"a-“ed [0 do me -l°b‘ By NEH, MATH]-:s()N ,m_,,h‘._1; C, cent more than four years before the

Dime Given .. Credit is costing many Cana- *_' ‘_ _ _ ; dian farmers far too m u c II. mix‘ '$g::::a';:)rlt°t'jFe’“y::: There is a billion dollars on loan . . V - AA - 0- that though the city had spent to farmers m trade cred“

520,354 in cam”, cxpendlmres. across the country and the mo-

ibetween 12 and 24 per cent: imuch of it runs to 19 per cent."

'1) . ‘ A .- ‘ _l ' For “mt macaw the “bi ac l with the Ontario department of

Recream" C°""9' the “e“’ L95‘ quire“ the Forum and we" ‘ agriculture told several hun- pmceed,-"gs moved 1.39-Kuyion home. Holy Redeemer '

- - -_€ifllll0ll8l costs . the 108th an-iiualChl".°h' am! many others wide‘ schools put in $174,000 of new yesterday on aiday-long pro- He reminded the councillors 5°“'9l‘ City Council after Deputy Mayor and the large number of visitors‘5P9"'l $91-000 W“ “C” St”-"*5 mldl sld Walter Cox moved that all re- ports except the mayor's. betown had received a special cit- - , tabled without being read in d-e-ation ii! a pedestrian safety ap- l""E~‘- committee praisal last year and that Ih

at the meeting that Charlotte-

e i-liairmen give only the highlights purchase of the Sports Arena

would provide continued recreat-

Coun. Cox felt there was no ion facilities for the city's youth.

323.000 on repairs; paid $102,000 r e

$11,000 for sidewalks: and built_ an incinerator, among other by Seeman B1‘0fhe1‘5 igglhadal

W; dred Island farmers who sat in

and water wn5u.ucfion;I gram of discussion at Summer- ’ e.

The meeting was sponsored

IContinued on Page 5 . 6)

POWER RESTO‘RJED

need for complete readings as Coun. x ien paid special the reports were to be published tribute to the mayor for “his, in full in the daily papers. (The strong leadership" and for rep- complete committee reports are.re.senting the city at so many, to be found in today‘s special meetings and functions. a Section On the City C01‘D0!‘3'1i0nl’ The mayor and all councillors

in l‘lfl.S year-end review. Mayor paid special tribute to Willard A. Waltihen Gaudet noted that-Burke. who died suddenly yester- civic revenues climbed tluring.day. and who had long been act-‘ the past year leaving a suurplusjive in civic affairs. of $3.347 going into 1964. He‘ mayor also mentioned also told the installation of 327‘L.D. MacKay and A.W. Hynd- new parking meters and the ln- man, both of whom passed away stigation of zi new harbor patrol.lduring the year. and a moment

He expressed his views onlof silence was observed in trib-

what he termed a successful yearlute to the force

men. for Charlottetown and his hopes. Most councillors, particularly that the city would continue t.o;those who worked plosely with prosper the city engineer. again expres- Making special reference tolsed their regret that Norman construction in the city, Mayoristewart had resigned his posit-' Gaudet noted that 1963 saw the ion most building ever with suc h A reception and a lunch .11 the structures as the Confederation Charlottetown Hotel followed the emorial complex. the Basilicajmceting. ’

HIGHLIGHTS OF REPORTS

Following are highlights of - hear 2,200 cases of which aboutl the various year.end I tee reports presented last night . rests and convictions both show- } at the annual meeting of tbeled an increase over the prey Charlottetown City Council: vious year.

Ojvic revenues climbed to Furtihe-r additions to the police $1,702,575 in 1963 and expend- traffic division will be made for mu-erg were $1,698,723, lea ‘ the Centennial year. it is ex-T

. surplus (i ‘pected that four speci

is costing the agriculturist.

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H.L. Patterson, economist-

Alberton Area Phones Hard Hit

FRANK WEEKS I ways were open by Tuesday at l .

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By . Albei-ton Bureau. The Guardian ternoon. An intense snow storm which. Telephone lines between Elms-

umck Prince Edwnd an ldale and bench .are. hang- ing n tangled masse

5. it was accompanied at times by '°,5i,‘}:’e"°dII\/‘late yesterday

freezing rain.

brought to a standstill and l0lI§ the night in the bus_ distance telephone communica-

bus bogged down?

As in most other areas of the,

CONSERVATIVE L E A DER

John Diefcnbaker holds his

hands in victory pose as he re- ceived ovation irom delegates to the Conservative convention

V '. ‘was rejected.

at Ottawa Tuesday Mrs. Def enibaker looks or. with s app-roval. I.CP Wirepho

l Small Group Refuses i lo lender Backing

By BEN WARD with smoke and steaming hot OTTAWA t.CP)—John Di'efen- under the banks of television ‘baker received an overwhelming floodlights. lvote of confidence Tuesday at it with an emotion- .‘the Progressive Conservative charged speech by the former lparty's annual meeting after a _prime minister in which he said lbid to hold an unprecedented he wanted the leadership of the secret ballot on his leadership party decided.

‘‘I want to know where I A resolution endorsing his stand." he said, referring to re-

, leadership was approved in in ports that an element within the

roaring standing vote.

It was impossible to make an ‘accurate count, but it appeared ;that only about 50 of the 800 ‘delegates remained seated when .’the vote in favor of Mr. Dieteti- ibaker was called.

I “Make it unanimous," some- ‘;one shouted, but most of those ‘seated stayed that way.

i After chairman William Cox iof Halifax called for those op- ‘posed to the confidence resolu-

icatcalls from sides of the hall. ‘BROKE TENSION

, Votingbroke the electric ten- sion which had been building lup for three hours in the

party sought to remove him.

"I want to know where you stand mo." he added. bringing his audience to its feet in a thunderous ovation.

Mr. Diefenbaker said that no leader could move forward to- ward the foe while fearing that someone behind him would "in- terfere."

“if you decide on a secret vote . . . that's fine with me."

MOTION WAS ISSUE

The major hassle of the aft» ernoon developed on the motion by John Hilton of Toronto call- ing for a secret ballot on tho draft resolution expressing con-. fidence and M:

i . miling to) .

dammed hotel ballroom, hazy ‘Cnnliniied on page 2 col. 2)-

l Dalton K- Camp Elected

FREDERICTON (CF) ~— New too early for a governmen com- _ ' . heal‘ 0'1-981')’ Sunday night 3h°iBrunswick was advised Tuesday ~mitment on whether it will be press conference, attended by ?made his mark as a candidat A” hlghway tram” W3‘ 8 number 0‘ P355€“€91'5 SP9!“ to establish a handful of com- imDl9m€hl0d-

missions to administer. on a

province-wide basis. tax assess-‘

”°" “"35 °°mplet°ly disrupted‘ province. regional high schools;mcnt and collection. Public

Several areas were without] power until Tuesday. ‘lb mm

vy drifting but most main hign- blocked highways.

Snow Trucks l.

were closed Monday and the Al- ; P! k t H th h, h e RHS remained closed; . _ . . , OWS Were GP 0 9 ‘E i Tuesday as well as school buses‘ ommit->a0 per cent involved liquor. At‘- ways Monday owing to the hea- I were unabie to operate on snow.

schools. social welfare and health and hospitals. A five-man royal commission

f study that these fields, to-

lgetlier with the administration ‘of justice and civil dtfence. do

not belong to the myriad local

councils now responsible for

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Premier Louis I Robichaud

Municipal A ffa i r s Minister .l. E. Leblanc estimated it would

detailed study before a definite

decision can be made as to its reported after almost two years iimplcmentation."

. INSIDE TODAY

m. .dopti0n of the report would‘ mean abolition of country coun--‘ cils in New Brunswic .

N.B. Gov't Suggests

_ » i and for: I 4 I I I S““d3y “gm “pea” 1° 03" more than a mile in one sectlon.l been more Seven? in the W981‘ all utility poles are down. Long; I e ern part of the province. where distance service however was‘

Mr. Byrne commented at the ,in one respect: Mr. Chamber

‘most of the provincial cabinet, ‘and as an MP; Mr. Camp's: that the commissions “could be ‘work has been mainly in orgai1- - ‘very autocratic if not con- izing political campaigns. : trolled". but the principal con- M,._ Chambers was elecmd, ""01 PM 0" them “’°Ul‘l be 55' ‘president of the party 13 months ‘ the legislature which sets out :3“ over the Opposition Of me

their powers and jurisdictions.

A150. recommendatlmls 1" fhe represent the new generation of- ireport for one-member constitu- conservative thought. lency representation in the leg-,

.islature would be safeguards [against abuse of powers by the -‘commissions, Mr. Byrne added

"We have pointed out that we do not feel it is possible to adopt the report in part. If partial im- plemenation were effected. t e rep o rt is not economically sound."

at men i ‘ll be loyed in 11 (ll. traf. I A W‘ "i 327 PW“! mstmliil imfimiiay 1 to 33:. 015. i k

were installed last year l)I'll’l‘g'l v_ . _ _! a r __

ing the nllmbef in the CW!’ U’. “ml "'9 ""5i3-u3"‘°” "l ‘he; said the report of the inquiry,- 75s. *ncw . ‘

Preliminary application h a 9 zone forward to the Provincial Government seeking its partici- pation in municiplle low income

familyhousing here. The move.‘

traffic lights. the problem

of jay-wiaillcinig does not seem~ to have been solved and so itl By STAN BOWLES was recommended tihattihe pu-! 1"” bake 3.st'“fl:r faifinude ml‘ able job, but three vehicle: damage- ..::_u re‘ i came close to giving their driv-

followed study or the desilval _ , , report Biculturolism : A teqiee incinerator was built ‘ ‘

0 o ‘ and compulsory garbage col- lcommlssioners ' lection instigated. i The Forum - w-in pure ase . ‘ the clay to assure continued IOTTAWAI 1%?’ ‘“l1c‘:')‘:nm°,‘;s essenmd for we c_iairmen 0 e roya . youth of Charlottetown.

turalism will meet premiers of;

Tax collections came to 97 Ontario, New Brunswick. Prince : waif occurred . d Nova Scotla - ' - Pt’-“Cent °f the 09‘ [WY °‘ taxes Edward Island 3" . Tuesday morning when a pm-

for the year. The new asscsment next week. V i has beenoomple-ted and will be The visits by Andre Lauren-i ' - dean and Davidson Dunton are. in effect blue year. _ , 1 m t an ex. a continuation of recent private; 3 ' talks with western premiers in

. “V which the chairmen outlined the i 9‘ll"tl’P:‘ll‘9l$ 53 NW3 0“ 3 75*‘ -commission's role. 3 I a . They will confer in Torontol A start was made in re-zoning next Monday with Premier Ro the city after fom commercial barts and the following day lllg‘ firms purchased property on rgmgncfin wntlh Pglerriietrn 1:»:-H . A c an . ey rise a ; m]°",?,l,’f,dR°g'f,:,'°,:'},eE'm,,.,pe,.mv°'i'.',: officials of ‘the University of- wcm In de” man’, go, meg; New Brunswick and Rev. Clem- i

;ers in dunking in Charlottetown day. three trucks hauling snow

sion on bilingualism and bicu.l-l end of the “,hm.{_

‘city truck. operated by Joseph

to t when the piled snow had settl-

not quite so lucky. Being fumb-

Harbor yesterday.

During the city's snow cleat- ing operation. which got under- way shortly after midnight Mon-

and dumping it into the harbor. backed over the west side of the Railway Wharf about half-way between the shoreline and the

first incident, a douoie ut 4230