JANUARY 18. 1951
Good Roads Assin Plans glioad Research Institute
OTFAWA. Jan. 11 4. (GP) - The Canadian Good Roads Assoc- iation nnounced Tuesday plans for the establishment of a national road research institute to contri- IILIIC to improvement in the fields qr road engineering. construction. traffic control and highway safety.
Robert M. Hardy, 44, clean of engineering at the University of Alberta and one of Canada's top highway research engineers. will head a -pilot study to be started at once by Association headquarters hr-rc. ,
This study will involvc invest- l:Hl.l0n or projects now being car- ried out in the United States. the United Kingdom and elsewhere. The Association hcpcs- to have I blueprint .of operation available for its annual conference early in November.
The Association plans to get the in.alit,ule in operation by the be- ginning of 1052. It said various inanchea of industry interested in more and better roads have ind- icated "generous support" will be
New Manager For Fisheries Council
OTPAWA. Jan. 17-Tlic Fisher- 16: Council of Canada announced Tnrsday the appointment of C. Gor- don O'Brien of Ottawa as its new manager. with headquarters in Ot- lawn.
Wall known throughout Canada, as General Secretary of the Agri- cultural Institute of Canada. since 1939. Mr. O'Brien comes to this position with an extensive back- ground in national organizational work. He is also well known in the criitorinladvcrtising field. as a re- sult of his responsibility for the production of two agricultural journals issued by the Agricultural Institute.
ills background includes experi- ence with the Experimental Farm Sr-rvice. and several years prior to 1030 as Technical Agricultural Dir- cctor of the North American Cyanamid Limited. Toronto. A rzraduatcof Macdonald College of 'McG1ll University, he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. and a member of the National Advis- nry Committee of Agricultural Ser- vices. During the recent war, he was granted leave of absence from his position, and served four years with the Royal Canadian corps of Signals. three "of which were spent overseas.
In announcing this appointment. President J. H. MacKichan of Halifax. said that Mr. 0'Brien's extensive experlencein the admin- fatratlvc. public relations. editorial and organizational fields would he of definite value in this position. which has been filled to replace Mr. Clivcrvlsnta. recently appoint- pd Deputy Minister of Fisheries for Newfoundland. "Mr. O'Brien." hc arlricd. "will assume this post on Fcbruary lst on a. half time basis.
available for a continuance of the work. - C. W. Gilchrist, association man- aging director. said the lnstitutc's scrviceslwill be available to all
governments and to anyone who might need information and guidance.
Dean Hardy. it is expected. will be assisted by I ccmrnittcc of ex- perts-constructlon engineers. traf- itic authorities, economists and others. Even the medical side of the picture. particularly psychiatry as it relates to driver behavior and accident-prononcss, will enter the
study. The COInI1'lII.i.uu vill look into these "' problems:
1. Improvement of road layout and design towards promoting safe and efficient traffic flow and re- duclng the operating costs of road transport.
2. Examiriaticn of materials and methods of construction to produce safer and more durable road sur- faces and reduce construction and maintenance costs.
3. Parking. which involves com- munity planning and allied prob- loms.
4. Road safety. including layout and design. vehicle design. driver behavior and accident pronencss.
5. Weather. embracing studies of driving conditions in winter. ice and snow, rain. fog and 'flocd- ing.
6. Encouragement and promo- tion of driver training instruction in high schools.
Annual Report Of Family Allowances
OTTAWA, Jan. 17-(CF)-The Federal Treasury probably will recover all but 542.863 of the 5451.- 174 overpaid in family allowances from the time they were started in 1945 to March 31. 193). the Health Department said today in its annual report.
. The total of family allowance payments up to last March 31 was 31.249.361.666.
The report. covering the fiscal year ended last March. said that about sl.'i6.9G3 of the overpay- ment: is automatically recoverable from active family allowance ac- counts. It is anticipated another 5250.326 will be recovered from parents even though their family
allowance accounts have termin- ated.
The remainder-042.503. or 95 per cent of the tctal-is "consid- cred uncollectable."
In giving the figures, the Do- partment explained why it. could not accept. suggestions of the
auditor general-Watson Scllar - to prevent overpayments.
Mr. sellar said last year in his report that most of the overpay- ments were in.Qucbec. The De-
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partrnent. said these overpayment:
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Juvenile employment helped to keep the proportion of overpay- ments in Quebec high in compar- ison with other Provinces. In Quebec. children are obliged to at- tend school only until they are 14. In other Provinces the compulsory age is 16. a
One safeguard against overpay- ment: Ipl'0DOSEd by Mr. Sellar was that proof of the birth date ac- company applications for family allowances.
The Department said such docu- mentation would put parents to considc able inconvenience and to some cost. It would inevitably de-
Mr. Scllar also suggested that parents be required to furnish an annual declaration to the effect um the child is eligible for 51- lowances. is being maintained by age. at- tending school-.
"While the burdcncn any one family would not be onerous. the work resulting from the receipt of 2.000-000 extra forms in the fam- ily allowances offices would be ex- tremely heavy." the Department said. i
The report showed 26 prosecut- ion were completed under the Family Allowances Act in the last fiscal year. Twenty-four of the
26 prosecutions were successful.
New (lllll Box cars For Newfoundland
MONTREAL. Jan. 17-The Can- adian National Railway: hu ord- ered forty steel in ed box cars from the Esstcm Car Company for use on the Newfoundland lines
of the railway. This" contract brings the total cost of new equipment on order" by the rail-
way to 356.000.1100 said 1: A. Brom- icy. vice president. purchases and stores, in announcing the new order last night.
The cars will have a capacity of so tons and 2.181 cubic feet. An unusual l'eat.urc is the extra wide side doors which measure seven and a half feet as compared with the standard six feet, and are supported from the bottom instead of hanging by tho lop rollers. The extra width has been adopted to facilitate loading and unloading.
The cars are equipped with metal running boards and the cast steel trucks have brake beam safety ledges that are cast, integral as an added safety feature. The new equipment. will be painted standard C. N. R. colours and bear the C. N. R. insignia.
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Fann Income Report For 1950 Shows Increase In PEI
OTTAWIA, Jan. 17 - (UP)-The cash Canadian farmers received for their products in 1950 slipped the levels reached in 1949 and 1948. the Bureau of Statistics reported today. sharpest. declines were felt on the Prairies.
In a preliminary report. the Bureau estimated 1950 cash income from the sale of farm products at 52.170.000.000. down 12 per cent from 32.457.000.000 in 1940 and 82.- 459.000.000 in 1948. However. it. was
higher thana the 51.967.000.000 in 1947.
Most. of the 1950 drop. said the Bureau. resulted from it "substan- tial decline in returns realzied from the sale of grains." '
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wheat. board payments in 1950 were below those of 1949. In addition. tre initial price of wheat to pro- ducers in the Prairie Provinces was lowered at. Aug. 1, 1950. from 31.75 to 31.40 per bushel.
"severe August frosts in the Prairie Provinces caused consider- able damage to grain crops and
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Cash income in 1050 by Prov- ince with 1949 and 1948 totals in brackets:
Manitoba. 5l92.008.000 0238.117,- 000: 57Wl,29'7,000): Saskatchewan. s404,830.000 ts55s,aso,ooo; 6434.002,- 000); Alberta. 5362,996.000 (3460,- 2lv8,0(ll; S425.5l0.000); Ontario. 3550.- 594.000 t0653.5lZ.000: 0662.0-3'z,0?0); Quebec, sac-1.331.009 ts346.'l14.0o0: s365AI25.0(D); British Columbia. 596,146,000 t598.041.000: 000); Prince Edward Island, 322.- 5'J4.000 ts2l.24."l.000: -022.346.0001: Nova Scotia. 539,029,000 ('33?-.969; 000; 337.926.0001; New Brunswick. M-5.695.000 (SA-1.703.000: 046.342.0001. Farm income for Newfoundland was not included.
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