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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - March 7, 1964, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday March 7, 1964 backbench revolt on divorce Bill recommend Ottawa broaden grounds for divorce action by John Dafoe the backbench ers of All three parties in the legislature Rose up Friday and outvoted their party leaders. In doing so they set the legis lature on record As recommend ing to the Federal government Ridge has been in Many parts of the world treated with tragic in he said he was opposed to any step which would make it easier for people to break their marriage vows. Or. Gray predicted that his original motion would come up and that the grounds of divorce be be approved by the legislature broadened to include Legal sep within the next two years. At the ration for More than four years moment he said it was just a Resolution making the re-1 like a voice in the commendation was passed by the j de Schreyer nip broken legislature by a vote of 33 to 15. Head said Canada should t have among the fifteen opposed to it to follow illogical and outdated divorce Laws based on English legislation passed in 1837. He said England has changed its divorce regulations but Canada has t and it s were Premier Duff Roblin opposition Leader Gildas Mol Gat and new democratic party Leader a. R. Russ Paulley. Leaders lose a fourth party Leader was also on the losing Side although he did not have to worry about a revolt in the ranks he was Jake Froese the House s Lone social credited. The Resolution was an amended version of one originally pro posed by Morris Gray nip which had asked for the grounds of divorce to be wid ened to include desertion persistent physical or mental cruelty insanity imprisonment for More than two years or Legal separation for Only two years. The House by a voice vote approved an amendment proposed by Reg Lissaman pc bran Don which eliminated the grounds proposed by or. Gray and substituted a Legal separa Tion for More than four years. The Issue split the Cabinet with 10. Ministers voting for the amended motion and three against. Industry and Commerce mini Ster Gurney Evans said he agreed that things Are not right in the matter of divorce but that he would vote against the Resolution because i Don t think enough study has gone into the matter in its broadest or. Paulley said he agreed some of the present divorce Laws were archaic but that the fed eral government would soon be considering studies of the prob Lem made by among others the United Church and the anglican Church. He said he did not think it was necessary to give any fur ther advice to the Federal govern Manitoba Hopes to Challenge report a water main break at the Northwest Corner of Riley Crescent in fort Garry wednesday evening spread water two to four inches deep in the area. The water extended from wicklow Avenue to Dowker Avenue. Workmen from the fort Garry Public works department Are shown searching for the source of the break. Sugar Coop meets opposition two conservatives and a lib eral Rose in the legislature Fri Day to oppose a new Democrat party Resolution asking that sugar production in Manitoba be ment. Agriculture minister George Hutton said he agreed that the present divorce Laws need investigation. However he said he would vote against the Resolution because there was not adequate evidence before the House that we As a body should make re presentation to the Federal government in this let province act mines and resources minister Sterling Lyon said the Resolution was far from perfection but the grounds it proposed were at least less imperfect than the grounds now provided. He suggested that the problem of divorce Law re form might be solved if the fed eral government were to Delegate Powers Over divorce to the prov inces and let each province Deal with the matter in whatever Way it thought Best suited its Deputy speaker w. G. Martin said the sacred contract of mar petted to Send an official to Manitoba to look into the economic problems created in Cran Berry Portage with the closing of the Federal government radar base it was revealed Friday. Premier Duff Roblin told the provincial legislature that he had been assured a Federal official will be sent to discuss the future of the Northern Manitoba Community with provincial govern ment officials. Or. Roblin said he had talked with prime minister Pearson s office Friday morning to request someone in authority be sent o Manitoba to discuss the eco nomic problems of Cranberry Portage. The Premier told the House that Conversa that this disclose car deficit Ottawa up the publicly owned car ran up a Defi Cit of in 1b63, the government disclosed Friday. This compared with a 454 loss in 1962. The figure was revealed in the final Federal supplementary estimates for the 1963-64 fiscal year tabled in the commons by finance min ister Gordon. Roofing by k Al roofing co. Ltd. Congratulations Oldfield Kirby Gardner plumbing heating air conditioning by Standard plumbing heating co. Ltd. 159 Donald St. Congratulations Oldfield Kirby Gardner electrical work by d. Thompson Ltd. 1084 main St. Phone jul 9-7353 congratulations Oldfield Kirby Gardner on the opening of your new building. Decorating by Carlson decorating co. Ltd. 1369 Erin St. Transformed into a co opera Tive Enterprise. W. Homer Hamilton pc Duffern said he did not support a policy of favouring co opera Tives Over free Enterprise. Co operatives he said fulfil certain functions but i would not like to everything co operative in Canada because it might turn into the greatest monopoly Ever heard of in his Saul Cherniack nip St. John s said or. Hamilton was being inconsistent in Manitoba he noted the production of sugar is already a monopoly. If co operatives have any the Federal government is ex-1 place at All it must be in an in to probe base closing by Laszlo Bastro Janszky during the Telephone Ion he was assured would be done so that Mutual agreement could be reached. Official expected or. Roblin added that he would Lave word in due course on the arrival. Town officials at Cranberry Portage have indicated that the dosing of the mid Canada radar base on March 31 will create economic hardships in the area. Education minister George Johnson said in an interview later Friday that he had received a letter from seven school Board members indicating that they will resign from their posts unless the provincial government takes immediate action. Or. Johnson said the letter which reached his office late thursday made mention of the financial difficulties the town must now face. The water Supply is due to be Cut off. Town officials say an outstand ing school debenture is left to be paid off by the remain ing residents. The Mill rate could double As a result. Unless the town is Given As or. Johnson said school Board members indicate they will services Cut the school Board was notified recently by the Federal govern ment that it will Cut off the water Supply at the end of this month. The electricity will also be Cut off it was Learned since technicians have already started taking apart the Only Power Generator. The education minister said residents of the area have also appealed to the Federal government pointing out the amount of the outstanding debentures and what a financial hardship it could cause to local taxpayers. Since the Federal government announced Jan. 1 that it will close the radar base 127 employees were withdrawn from the Community taking with them the Only fire fighting equipment in the area. The ridiculous part about this Hing is that we can t do any Hing about the problems at this Ime because the facilities there Are owned by the Federal govern the education minister said. Or. Johnson added however it would be a real tragedy if the Power and water Supply Are Cut off allowing the excellent school and other be closed permanently. The minister maintained that he provincial government should Lave been consulted on the Clos ing of the base Well in Advance so that the problems that were Dusley where there is either a monopoly or a Combine in con or. Cherniack said. Albert vie Faure l la Verendrye said it was not right for the government to dissolve a private Enterprise and create a co operative. Co operatives he said should be established from the grass roots. Emil Moeller pc Fisher said he could no Point in putting the present privately owned sugar Plant under Coop Ergative ownership. If it was under financial difficulties that would be a different he said. The debate was adjourned by Oscar Bjornson pc Lac do House kills bid to lower voting age anticipated could tackled and solved. Have been battered babies Index Saul Cherniak nip St. John s suggested Friday that a Cross indexing system be established to Check on cases of battered he told the legislature that studies had shown the number of children seriously beaten up by their parents was much greater than he said that parents who indulge in this Are people who either through uncontrollable jumpers or drunkenness or other mental reasons have an outlet in beating up their he said they still apparently retain the sense to that the babies Are not taken to the same doctor or the same Hospital twice for treatment. If a Cross indexing system were established where doctors and hospitals could list suspicious cases he said it would be easier to track such cases Down. Attorney general Stewart Mclean said he was a Little puzzled at Why battered babies should present any More of a problem than other forms of Law breaking. I assume it is a Job for the police he said. Or. Cherniak explained that the special problem was that babies who were beaten up by their parents Are not usually Able to Tell anybody what the cause of their injury a single Case of a child being treated for injury could probably not be detected the result of beating but a number of cases discovered by the Cross indexing can be brought together to establish a pattern of sales and club Claude i. Taylor general Man Ager of marketing services for trans Canada air lines will speak to the monday noon meet ing of the sales and Advertis ing club of Winnipeg in the fort Garry hotel. Marriage soon the Hague a Prin Cess Irene of the Netherlands and Don Carlos de Bourbon Parma will be married some time Between May 17 and the first part of july the govern ment information service says. Young Manit Bahs Between 18 and 21 won t be allowed to vote in provincial elections for at least another year. The provincial legislature by a 31-18 margin Defeated a Pri vate member s Resolution which asked the government to consider the advisability of lowering Mani Toba s voting age to 18 years. Las voted along strict party lines when they rejected the re solution Friday afternoon. The conservative majority solidly opposed the Resolution while opposition members supported the 18-year-old voting proposal submitted by a. E. Wright nip seven up to committee defeat of or. Wright s motion does t necessarily mean that Manitoba Young people will be forever denied voting privileges. The question of extending the franchise to the 18-21 year old group is to be further explored by the legislature s elections and privileges committee. If the committee decides in favor of lowering the voting Gage enabling legislation or another Resolution could be introduced at next year s House session. The rejection of the new Democrat Resolution took place Fol lowing a three week debate on the pros and cons of teenage voting. Just prior to Friday s vote spirited pleas for a reduced voting age were voiced by two Liberal members and an nip la. T. P. Hillhouse l Selkirk told the House that a lower age would help to overcome the pub Lic s present apathy toward elections. I believe it s time to take action to eliminate current Apa thy to Public or. Hill House said. If Young people Are allowed to vote i am sure More interest will be shown by or. Hillhouse said that if people Aren t interested in Public affairs the fault lies with the pre sent governmental system. He also said Young people should have the franchise because the Best Way to create responsibility is to give John Tanchak l Emerson la Sticks by ruling minister without portfolio a. W. Harrison told the legislature Friday that he would vote against a proposed Resolution which would in effect overrule a ruling he had made while speaker the House. The motion proposed by i l Campbell l Lakeside asked that two rulings made by or. Harrison and one made by his predecessor n v. Bachynsky not be considered As precedents. The rulings were that final re ports of special committees of the legislature could not be referred Back to the committees for amendment. Or. Campbell backed his re solution with the opinions of Hon. Roland Michener former speaker of the Canadian House of com Mons and Leen Raymond clerk of the House of commons who said the practice in both the can Adian and British houses was that reports could be referred Back. Or Harrison said he had based his rulings on the precedent set by the previous speaker. He said that by not opposing the original ruling made by or Bachynsky made in 1957, the House had concurred in said 18 to 21 year Olds should be permitted to cast ballots because younger people tend to be closer to the present and the future. They have the Best part of their lives ahead of them while some of we older ones tend to be guided by Short term expectations and or. Tan Chak said. Those who oppose this Resolution Are not Only deny ing Young people the right to vote they re also insulting the intelligence of our Young Citi in summing up the debate or. Wright said he is disappointed in the attitude of conservative he 18 year old voting Are a far cry from a government pamphlet which says the Roblin administration is dedicated to the better ment of Manitoba Young people. Or. Wright also compared the government s stand with that taken by a Federal conservative committee which is on record As favouring a reduction in tie Vot i Glage. Encourage Young people a we should t keep telling them about their or. Wright said. We must instill Confidence in them by giving them privileges such As the right to opponents to his Resolution said tory efforts to Block by Roger Newman the Manitoba government finally has in its Possession the expurgated edition of the Dixon Speas report. Industry and Commerce min-1 Evans legislature Friday that he has received a single copy of the 213 Page report which immediate closing of the Winni Peg trans Canada air lines overhaul Jlse. The report pre pared by r. Dixon Speas aviation consultant company of new York was commissioned by the fed eral Cabinet after Manitoba complained about the imminent Transfer of local Tea overhaul facilities to Montreal. The Manitoba government has been trying to obtain the report. To help Beer Sellers legislation will be presented at the current session of the legislature to help Beer Sellers who. Can t Tell whether or their customers Are Over not 21, my attorney general Stewart lean indicated Friday. He made the statement in the legislature after hearing Albert vie Faure Verendrye Tell the sad Story of one of his constituents who works in the City Selling Beer in a Winnipeg hotel. The Man he said had been fined for Selling a Case of Beer by mistake to a person under 21. Another time he had been fined for the same offence. The offences he said were not deliberate. In the same week he sold the Beer to the juveniles he had turned Down 12 other prospective customers. One of them later came Back with a birth certificate to prove he was 37 years old. Or. Vie Faure said it was unfair that any Man who sold Beer to minors should be punished More heavily than the minor who bought it. The Vendor usually made an honest mistake. The minor knew he was breaking the Law. Or. Mclean said purchasers Are prosecuted As Well As vend ors but he agreed that the Case represented a troublesome prob he said that legislation which May go some distance at least to Deal with this troublesome problem is being considered and May be presented to the House in the current session. For about six. Months. But Defi Nite Success Only came Friday when or. Evans told Las that a condensed version of the Docu ment is now in his hands. The Industry minister said his department will immediately be Gin to study the report s contents. He. Was t certain about further government action but it is understood Manitoba Hopes it will be Able to successfully Challenge the consultants that trans Canada air lines would suffer great losses by keeping the overhaul base Here. New Democrat party Leader a a. Russ Paulley suggested that the studying government after the report should Call a meeting of the province wide delegation which has made several trips to Ottawa to protest the base closing. Or. Paulley Felt delegation members might be Able to help the government in plotting future courses of action. The report is in condensed form because Federal authorities have eliminated certain information which might be helpful to Tea s competitors. Although Manitoba now has the document it is unlikely that Premier Rob Lin will drop his demand for a Public inquiry into the proposed base Transfer. Read then decide the Premier has asked for a Public inquiry but Sions on several Occa prime minister Pearson has requested Manitoba officials to first read the report. Treasured dogs in Japan Akita dogs named champions Are declared National Art treasures and made wards of the government. Congratulations Oldfield Kirby Gardner caissons by earthworm Ltd. 2020 Logan ave. Oldfield Kirby Gardner Millwork and cab network Newman Millwork , waft and Union cerebral palsy tie annual meeting of the cerebral palsy group of Manitoba will be held at . 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