Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 25, 1950, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday. May 25, 1950 Page 9 i Ottawa hears test Case As to Powers Ottawa May 25 ques Tion of whether the Dominion and provinces can Exchange their legis it Ives Powers went before the court of Canada thurs Day in a. Test Case. The Issue one of the most important to be tried by the High court Iii recent years affects a Field of taxation and other constitutional problems involved in Dominion provincial relations. Verdict in the Case in time Likely will have a major bearing on the outcome of the adjourned Dominion provincial constitutional conference to resume some time this summer and on the general Dominion provincial meet ing scheduled for later in the year the Casenas been carried to the court by the Nova Scotia government which seeks the re Versal of a lower court ruling that the Dominion and the provinces do not have authority to Delegate Powers from one to the other. More about freight rates continued from Page 1 it l mat sex is the outstanding finish Wood 8 c a i a Ima 7fx local dealer s Mustard on roasts brings out rub 1 teaspoonful of keen s Mustard in powder form into your roast before placing it in oven and taste the difference for free recipe Book Culin Ary write to Reckitt Coiman. Canada ltd., station to Montreal. Moe a Tomato juice cocktail to each s 02. Glass add a dash of Salt _ and a Teaspoon of Lea per Rios Worcestershire. There s a Tongue teaser for tangy Lea Perrins brings out the True deliciousness of Tomato out the flavour with a zest and zip All its own try Perins a real treat famous for Over a in Lurer Lea a Perrins the original Worleu Ershil rate increases Are applied Only to certain types of traffic. 45% above prewar it will mean that the level of the rates to which the general in creases Are applicable which has gone up 40 per cent As the result of the postwar increases now will be about 45-per-cent above the pre War scale. The three commissioners who sat on the Case were unanimous in finding that the railways were entitled to the full 20 per cent which they asked in 1948. Assistant chief commissioner Hugh Wardrope who wrote the 16 per cent judgment acknowledged that there had been an error in finding a deficiency in the 1949 Revenue of the Canadian Pacific yardstick failing to Grant in increase Large enough to cover it. Commissioner f. M. Macpherson concurred with him. Commissioner h. B. Chak wrote a Imparate judgment concurring with the assistant chief that the railways had proven the necessity for the full 20 per cent. The As claimed by the railways and acknowledged by the Board came about this Way the Board in the 16-per-cent judgment found that the deficiency for 1949 was but it awarded an increase which would yield Revenue falling Short i that figure by the assistant chief commissioner wrote that the error came Abou when the 16-per-cent. Judgment applied a formula which lad been worked out for an interim ight per cent. Award granted Las september. He said this had the effect unintentionally of reducing the the last increase the Case has been on the Book since the summer of 1948, when he railways applied for the Ori Ginal 20 per cent after employee lad obtained wage increases Cost. No the railways an estimated s76, a year. The 20. Per cent increase was estimated to yield them about a year. Long hearings after Long hearings in which seven provinces opposed any in crease the Board last september awarded the railways eight be cent on an interim basis. Then after a direction from the supreme court of Canada to Clear up the Case promptly the commissioners gave another eight be cent in the March 1 judgment. The two. Judgments were Worth a total of about a year to the railways altogether. The increases Are. Applied on to some of the traffic with the yield representing Between six an eight per cent of the Gross Freigh income of the railways. On to wer applicable the two latest increase brought the cumulative freight rate increases of the last two year up to 40 per cent. There was a 2 per cent increase in March 194i results of decision apart from its effect on Freigh rates consequences of thursday decision through finishing off the 1948 application will be 1. It will result in the federa Cabinet getting Down to consideration of an Appeal from the 16 be cent decision filed by the seve opposing provinces. Cabinet has been holding off dealing with this while the Case was still before the Board through the railways application. 2. It will Clear the tracks for a new rate increase application from the railways when they a settlement with their unions on current wage demands. These de mands now total a year. The companies have indicated willingness to Settle for somewhere around with the pro Viso that this will Call for a further rate increase. In any event an increase of some scope ranging Between the Low of and High of 000 is involved in the wage Issue. Only the size of the Settle ment will determine the extent o the next increase to be sought by the carriers. Ere was no immediate comment from either the . O . On the freight rate decision this nightmarish traffic tie up on Highway no. 22 eight Miles South of i peptone Frew to almost ludicrous pre Portoni after one truck became bogged Down Friday. Before the Inci Dent was Over half the vehicles in the District including tractors had become mired. A Souris photographer who took this picture for the free press described the incident As follows i was held up for an hour by this Road tie up while trying to get Back to Souris to take pictures of a school graduation. It seems the Carnduff Transfer truck was first to come to griet in a mud Hole in the Road which has a Verajr Clay subsoil at that Point. While the Transfer truck in there a gasoline truck fully loaded tried to get around him and lipped into the Oft mud of the ditch go ing Over on its Side. Evidently they had procured help in the form of tractors and a Tow truck. The Transfer truck got out More or less but in trying to get through again got stuck worse than before. A Winnipeg contracting outfit was also having trouble get Ting past although not actually mired Down. Cars and trucks began to accumulate from both directions. One of the tractors after having pulled some cars through the ditch finally got stuck itself. The other tractor Montreal Bandit shoots 2 in Bank escapes on foot Montreal May 25 a Bank manager and a police officer were shot and wounded thursday in an unsuccessful attempt of a Lone Bandit to hold up the Bank of Toronto Branch on downtown Beaver Hall Hill. Bank manager Stanley Bickley and1 Constable a. Gamman of the . Were wounded in the Exchange of gunfire with the ban Dit. Or. Bickley is said to have suffered Only a flesh wound but con stable Gamman was said to be in serious condition. Both were taken to Hospital. Witnesses said the gunman raced toward a car the shooting found it blocked by traffic and fled on foot. More about reaction continued from Page 1 manured to pull it Back on the Road All right but just afterwards it made a terrible Racket burst out in flames and a connecting Rod and Piston came flying through the Side of the crankcase. The Driver looked at it in amazement for some seconds As the Oil poured out. Finally in a hopeless tone he said Well she needed a change of Oil eventually a number of us with shovels boards and stones managed to ret the Hole in the Road filled up sufficiently so that smaller cars were Able to get through. At that Point i went on my Way. I never did wait to see if the Transfer truck got out that night or . Wheat buying plan known soon London May 25 up an announcement probably will be made Early next week on Britain s future wheat purchases from can Ada it Hon. C. D. Howe can Ada s Trade minister said thurs Day. Or. Howe said the announcement will be made probably next tues Day or wednesday. The Canadian minister who left later thursday by air for Canada thus erased All doubts about the Progress of the Anglo Canadian wheat negotiations. There had been persistent re ports which said the negotiations i foundered Over the question Price. That is not or. Howe said in an interview just before catching his plane at London air port. I have had a very Happy and satisfactory visit in which i dealt with a number of matters. I now will report to the cab inet and an announcement prob ably will be made in parliament Early next week. There will be a simultaneous announcement in earlier thursday spokesmen for the Treasury and Canada House categorically denied a report by lord Beaverbrook s daily express that the wheat talks had broken Down. More about big three continued from Page 1 armed forces for the purpose of insuring their internal Security their self defence and to permit them to play their due part in the defence of the. Whole requests by Middle Eastern countries for arms will be appraised in the Light of these Prin the statement added. The announcement said that Middle Eastern countries now receiving arms from the three Powers already have Given Assur ances the weapons would not be used for acts of aggression. Similar penetration. Britain already supplies arms to Egypt Iraq Jordan and saudi Arabia under treaties with those countries. The spokesman said All four had furnished assurances under terms the new three Power agreement that they would request arms Only for internal Security 5 arabs reported slain Amman hash emite Jordan May 25 Cap a United nations spokesman said wednesday that at five Arab peasants have been killed in incidents along the israeli Jordan Frontier in the last few Days. The incidents Are being investigated by Jordan and israeli delegates on the in armistice com Mission. More about tour continued from Page 1 until its advisers can talk it Over with the other Alberta. Re action Calgary May 25 up in the opinion of local merchants and wholesalers consulted thursday morning the freight rate increase Means to Calgary what a freight rate increase always prices. Anything that has to be shipped by rail will Cost More to set cow. In Calgary. Depending on the ship Ping Cost of the item increases in Price will Likely be passed on to the consumer. One of the hems certain to go up is a new car. A local authority said an average subject to confirmation would be about e a. It is bound to hasten the Day when Western car dealers will ship Here by truck rather than rail. Already the number of people buying a car at an Eastern factory and driving it Home on holidays is increasing. This will encourage Well add whatever help you can 14 Ive to our own resources and audio three Days after being plucked off a Morris farm by plane Bruce Mackenzie faced top Canadian important for Sale we have Large stocks available of steel channels i beams. Angles reinforcing rods pipe plate and All types of building materials. Steel and blanking facilities Frank Brothers Terra Cotta Avenue Hamilton Ontario phone 2-9214 announcement cheese Hunter s potato chips marmalade again in production in spite of the thanks to the kind co Brention of Bond Ronald ltd., makers of. Fine candies who have shared their premises to accommodate equipment that will keep the popular Hunter s products still available at your local store. Newsmen and said till monday i had t had hip waders off for six weeks. My farm is in the heart of that vast Lake you read you Don t see it he said he wanted to Tell them All about it. He did. I want to Tell you people Don t see the real damage from an air plane. You Don i. See the rusting tractors the ruined roads the wrecked insides o f Homes Lake those in he told How the peaceful Val Ley had become a no Man s land of rolling water in which a lot of Farmers May not be Able to seed a crop once the Waters give Back the land. Then he added this is a big it Back. But the red River Val by has Given Farmers a Good iving before and will Ted Burch fort Garry gave he Wildwood the be ginning to the bitter water logged inish he said Wildwood s first warning of flood danger came in a free press news Story from grand Forks by Cory Kilvert. From then until the last three Days of rain and Snow when the Dike went we went Short on sleep and Long on Sand hags. The last night a meanwhile Eastern Canada is jetting right behind the Manitoba Elief fund. Whenever the thank you tour goes is sympathy from cab Drivers radio an ounces businessmen and House wives. Toronto newspapers Are going All out to Aid the drive. One paper there has raised Over As Art of the Eastern City s Contri motion. The thank you tour s Only Dis appointment to Date was failure to meet mayor Houde of. Montreal wednesday. An official City re Eption for sir Basil Brooke prime minister of Northern Ireland squeezed out the meeting at the ast minute. To Chrysler strike action Windsor ont., May 25 25 cauliflower White Heads beets new Green onions cabbage new Green Heads cooking onions carrots new Corn peas soup Peanut butter Jar 33 corned beef tin 47 Tomato juice tin 14 Canada firs Cicen pea 10 or. Tin 18 2 tins 25 2 tins 23 4 tins red White Avex bleach for disinfecting 16 19c 32 31 e 64 60c 1 Weston s week end special Caramel layer cake ;