BUILD ON TO .5. HOTEL
The Nova Scotia Hotel of theby the CNR’s chief Halifax, Nova Scotia, as it will blend as much as appear when the new $4,000,000 the present struct teii-storey addition is completed. more than double the hotel’s the new wings has been designed .1 sent accommodation. Plans
architect to now in their» final stage and the Dossible with CNR will soon be in a position We and W111 to call tenders for the excava- pre- tion and foundations. are , ’
‘ (CNR ,iPhoto)
Consumer Seen Perkingi . Up, Mays End Recession
By FORBES RHUDE
Canadian Press Business Editor
The consumer—-who was almost unanimously awarded a medal for holding the 1954 economic dip in checli—seems to be perking up again and, before the year is out, may earn another medal.
Variously known by such other names as the customer, the buyer Mr. and Mrs. Householder. this consumer adopted somewhat of a cautious mood last year—,or per-
- haps b e c a m e choosy as he
threaded his away among high prices.
Even at that, however, Cana- dian retail salesin 1957 did in- crease by 2.5 per cent from 1956 —or to an estimated $14,654,288,- 000—but with the late year show- ing declining tendencies.
This year, however, looks con- siderably better.
RETAIL SALES’ UP ‘ _
January figures show an 5in- crease in retail sales of nearly six per cent over January last
_year to a. total of $1,091,304,0_0_0;_€
and the more favorable trend seems to have continued.
Now, across Canada, merch- ants are watching with" consider- able optimism for the persuasive coming of w-armer weather.
Ira G. Needles, president of B. F. Goodrich Canada Ltd., com-
yrnenting on the situation in a re-
cent address, said:
“The time is ripe for a con- sumer break-thrnugh. Money-de posited in Canadian savings ac- counts has read-‘hed the highest total ever. What the market
needs is confidence.’
The most striking recent dem- on-stration of what public confi- dence, and buying can do, was given in 1954.
At that time, 'many things pointed downwards and, if con- sumers had turned cautious, the dip might have become a really serious one. _
However, people didn’t seem to catch on to the idea that their post - war prosperity was being threatened and went on buying as though no recession was knocking at the door. E_XPLOSIVE FORCE .
This is not to say that t-he cur rent recession is not a more ser- ious one than that of 1954, nor that public confidence by itself can keep the economy working at a high level.
After all, there are such things as foreign markets for our pro- ducts; and there is ourincreased capacity to produce.
,_.13~ut. the mood of tp.e9p1.e. is . a.
5fo_i_"c_e which it is ainiiost;imi>os-' sible to assess. "
Probably it is reasonasble to say, however, that the determina- tion of people to maintain and in- crease their" standards of living is one of the most dynamic of forcés.
Add ‘to that the rate of popula- tion increase and theforce is ex-‘ pilosiv-3.
Canada still seems to be ‘a long I
way fromhaveing a sel-f-contained economy, but, with the great in- crease in population since the wa.r and, accordingly, in our-own
powers of consumption, we are" much-_ nearer it than -we used to be. ‘ -‘ ‘
VI_IitcI'1cIoctor Is Held For Murder
. IRA,_Portugues*e East Africa (CP)—-A. witchdoctor, in-
jterceptedhead in hand, is.await-
ing trial on a charge he mur-
dered his nine-yea-r-old nephew to make magic that would improve
a client's fishing fortunes. Authorities ‘said the native was caught while taking the boy’s head to a “superior” witchdoctor for consultation. The murder. charge was laid after the -boy's body was found
buried near the wit-chdoctor s hut
in a riverside village.
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AMHERST. N.S.-(Special) The 8th annual meeting of the Maritime Motor Transport Assoc- iation at Amherst, N.S. on Fri- day and Saturday, April 11 and 12 will be organized to give Mari- time truck operators an oppor- tunity to attack the many prob- lems facing the industry, ac-
" cording to M. M. T. A. Presid-
ent, Keith MacKinnon of Char- lottetown, P. E. I.
For thirty hours the truck oper-
. ators will confer in business ses-
sions, panel discussions and com- mittee meetings. Speakers from various sections of the Maritimes Quebec, Ontario and the State of Maine will address meetings
. from Friday morning to Satur-
day evening. Entertainment will
Friday evening and following the adjournment of the annual meet- ing last Saturday afternoon all will join in a series of events in-
stage show and dance. LEGISLATION
The program will start on Fri-‘ day morning a.t 10 o’olock_ with a meeting of the Board of Direc- tors. The annual meeting will ‘op- en at 2.00 p.m. on Friday with a formal business session. Reports from the Legislative Committees in all four Atlantic provinces will be presented by the following chairmen: Nova Scotia. Clarence Thompson, Middleton, N.S.; New Brunswick, Harold Wallace, Mon- cton, N.B.; Prince Edward Is- land, Norris Kitson, Charlotte- -town; Newfoundland, Norman Billard, St. John’s.
The Associate Members (allied Ttrades) will hold their first of a
be provided for the ladies on.‘
cluding a reception, banquet,
Truck Operators To Discuss Their Problems Amherst
series of meetings starting at 3.30 p.m. on Friday a-nd will arrange plans for the 6th annual Mari- time Truck Roa-deo and the set- ting up of a Safe Driving Award system.
Matters of national interest in- cluding the rail— piggyback ser- vice_ offered “for-hire” carriers, lihe expanding entry of the rail- ways into highway transportation, agreed charges and rateslashing by the railways, the Maritime transportation inquiry, the Mari- time Freight R-ates Act subsidiza- tion of rail traffic, will be fully discussed. Speakers will inc‘-hide Curtis Bonnyman, president, and John Magee, executive-secretary, of tre Canadian Trucking As-so- ciations.
‘On Friday evening separate‘
meetings will be hold by the op- erators engaged in furniture mov- ing, freight hauling and interna- tional transporttaion. Committee meetings will also be held during the evening. . ' Motor Carrier legislation and re-
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pic on Saturday morning with government officials on hand to take part in the discussion. Mat- ters to be discussed will include weight. regulations, Sunday truck-3 ing Bills of Lading, C.O.D. Funds: Insurance, Tarif«f Schedules and‘: Safety requirements. DUMP TRUCKS
On Saturday morning at 10 o'- clock a separate meeting will be held by those engaged in hauling gravel, fill, pulp and lumber with the view to organizing a Dump Truck Division within the Mari- time Association. Private fleet operators will also meet at 10 o’- clock on Saturday with a view to organizing a Private Fleet Divis- ion within M.M.T.A. . Resolutions forthcoming from thevarious sections of the truck- ing ind-ustry' an-d from the general
gulatimig will he the opening for
Discusses Work On H-Power
WASHINGTON (AP) —— U. 5. Navy scientists seeking ways to harness the H-bomb rcactic for power production have been able
urday afternoon prior to the iia- naul election of officers schedul-
ed for 4 o’clock. The annual meet.-
ing will adjourn following the el- ection of officers and a Board of Directors meeting will be conven- ed. I
The entertainment program of the convention will begin at 6.00 p.m. with the President’s Recep- tion in the Chignecto Lounge. A banquet will be held at 6.45 pm. followed by a stage-show. The aniiual President’s Ball will be- gin in the ballroom at 9.30 p.m.
meeting will be ‘presented on Sat-
to make gases travel at nearly 500,000 miles an hour.
Dr. Alan C. Kolb of theiiaval research laboratory said Frlday the research method involves ex- posing the gases momentarily to electrical power €tiUi_V3l@“'t.l° “lat produced by 1.000 I318 DOWE1‘ 5 3' tions. \ _ He discussed the research in a report prepared for a meeting of the Optical Society of Amer- ica. _
Kolb said the te_chn_1C111€S Were used in producing indicateirimtem- peratures -“in_ex.cess of _1, 0.900 degrees for significant times. He offered no fig111‘95_°“ Just how high ‘the navy believes it has gone on the temP91‘3tu1"e
scale. Various scientist; 1;". “,1 that temperature: of may ml lions of degrees would be new‘, sary to promote fusion of
gen atoms for release of nu¢1“r‘“ energy.
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