Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - October 9, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press saturday october 9, 1976 miners in North to join protest photo mme. Gabrielle Leger with governor general Jules Leger. Leger s wife to read speech from the throne Ottawa up when mme. Gabrielle Leger sits in the Senate chamber tuesday to read the speech from the throne opening the next ses Sion of parliament Shell be fathoms away from her first plunge into oratory 45 years ago. Then a 15-year-old Suic licit at the Convent of the Dames de Saint Maur in France she stood before an audience of parisian classmates for a speech about her native country Canada. I thought the French were rather ignorant about Cana the Petite wife of Gover nor general Jules Leger said in an interview Friday. It was a great now the wife of the per Sonal representative of her majesty the Queen in Canada mme. Leger is to read All but the opening and last Para graphs of the speech from the throne tuesday to open the second session of the thirtieth parliament. Strictly speaking the throne speech is supposed to be read personally by the Queen if she is in Canada. Usually it is read by the governor general in the Queen s name a survival from the Days when the Crown had a sub Stantial voice in legislation. However the governor general is handing the bulk of the speech Reading Over to Gabrielle at this year s open ing in keeping with his habit of sharing such duties. He has had difficulty speaking loudly and at length since suffering a stroke in june 1974. I m excited and rather nervous about said mme. Leger who has Given about a dozen Public speeches since her husband began his five year term Jan. 1, 1974. But i Don t have to write this speech and really it s a totally impersonal kind of she added. I m sure though i m going to stumble on two or three they re sure to put a few of those Long English words in. But i la just Start the legers intend to prac Tice for the Sake of minimizing possible stumbles and to ensure everything goes smoothly before an audience of the country s highest members of government not t o mention the television cameras. They have already seen a draft copy of the throne speech and intend to spend part of the weekend looking it Over in what or. Leger jokingly referred to As our their Shangrila is an Ottawa apartment they bought last year As a place for Pri Vacy away from Ricau Hall their grand official residence now wreathed in Brilliant autumn leaves. In preparation for the 20 minute ride from Rideau Hall to the peace Tower on Parlia m e 111 Hill the governor general and mme. Leger have been practising getting into and out of the Landau a horse drawn Carriage they will use. The Landau is for summer use Only because the horses arc delicate gov. Gun. Leger said. They will be escorted by mounted ramp and a motorcycle squad of Ottawa police. If it Rains a limousine will carry them to parliament. It leaks from the the governor general said of the Landau. Like the ship of his wife chuckled. I n the Senate chamber mme. Leger will sit on a seat to the left of her husband who will sit on the throne. She plans to Wear a full length Blue crepe sown with White Mink cuffs a Diamond broach Pearl necklace and decorations of the order of Canada and the order of St. John. Maybe you can Wear the Crown jewels for this of her husband teased. Mme. Leper said she con siders television viewers Lier real audience for the pageantry Laden occasion. It will mostly be women suspended term Given Blu blood in drug plot London renter lady Rose Delray. The 25-year-old younger daughter of the 9th Earl of Hardwicke was Given a two year suspended prison sentence Friday for her part in a plot to smuggle million Worth of drugs from Morocco to the United states. She was also fined the equivalent of for possess ing 2.4 Grams of marijuana when she was arrested. The Case involving lady Rose and her Lover Herman Fine proved the old adage that love is judge James Miskin told the jury which included seven women. Announcing the sentence judge Miskin told her i have no doubt that your Infa Lati or. For this remarkably unpleasant Man and his in fluence Over you had much to do with the Way you be Law lady Rose was found guilty of helping to smuggle 915 Kilos pounds of Mari Juana to the . In the Admi ral s cup racing yacht her Mit which was registered in her name. The court was told Fine and others involved in the smuggling plot were being dealt with in the . During Tihe was described As a Svengali All dominating compulsive tyrannical and the evil Genius behind the smug gling operation. Lady Rose denied any part in the drugs smuggling. She told the court that when she first heard Fine mention drugs smuggling she thought lie was boasting and did not believe it. It was not until the 20-ton y a h t reached Marbella Spain that she overheard a conversation and realized the truth for the first Lime. Watching television and i Don t want to let them she said. The Only real precedents for someone like the Gover nor general s wife Reading the speech look place in the parliament of Britain. When Prince Albert died a grief stricken Queen Victoria had the lord Chancellor read her speech. In Canadian parliament a governor general can appoint his Deputy governor general the chief Justice of the supreme court to take Over his duties temporarily. . Leger did that in the fall of 1974 when he was still recovering from the serious stroke and the first session of this parliament began. The legers say sharing speeches has become old hat to them. Their first one was a joint speech to a Montreal audience after the governor general returned from serv ing As ambassador to Chile. It was about our impressions of mme. Leger said. He did the serious Side and i did the lighter Thompson Man. Staff the Union members working in the Northern Manitoba mining operations will join the National one Day walkout on oct. 14 protesting the Federal government s an it inflation program. In Thompson Dick Martin president of United steel workers of America local 6166, representing Inco limited said Fri Day the National protest action is the Only effective Way we can stand up against an autocratic government that verges on dictatorship. He said information picket lines will be set up at the entrances to All Inco mines. Our men will spill Over on to picket lines at super markets school District City offices and he said. In a letter to All Inco pm . K. Newman president of Inco s Manitoba division called the work Stop Page a violation of the collective agreement Between the company and the steel workers. However strongly one May feel about a Law an illegal strike is not the Way to express disagreement with the government or to at tempt to change the or. Newman said the com Pany believed the employees and other citizens could pro test effectively without a work stoppage resulting in wage losses and disruptive costs. He reminded the employees of their obligation under the contract to work a regu Lar shift oct. 14. He said the International and local Union have been informed of the company s position and have been requested to prevent an illegal or. Martin said if the com p a n y takes Legal action against the Union it will be fought in the courts. If any individual is singled out we will be prepared to take Strong or. Martin hinted in this Case the work stoppage might be extended to oct. 17. At flin flon and Snow Lake the Hudson Bay mining and smelting com Pany limited employees will be off work oct. 14, Ray Simmonds steelworkers representative said. Only eight Union members will work. They will Cook for the employees in the single persons residence. They will work so the others can eat but they Are giving their Day s pay to the m r. Sim Mons said. The company and unions Are negotiating a new con tract. The old contract ended oct. 1. Steve Harapiak the Gener Al manager of the company said the Legal position of the Union in relation to the Stop Page was unclear because the contract is no longer in effect. James Maclelland Gener Al manager of Sheritt Gordon mines limited s operations at Lynn Lake and Leaf rapids said any employee res ?.c Coin it Wood Wool Loose fill attic insulation Var mint proof chg approval of rating i 18.18 total resistance Call your local lumber Yard for More information who did t come to work oct. 14 will be assessed a Demerit Point. These Points can be erased when the employee gives two months perfect he said. Al Plaskett steelworkers area representative in Lynn Lake and Leaf rapids said the company s ruling was fair. He doubted about any demonstrations in either Community. We Are company towns so who would we be trying to he said. He noted thursday May be the last Chance for a lot of workers to go Moose Hunting. At the Pas 600 International woodworkers members of local 1-224, will not work at the Manitoba forestry resources Ltd., Plant oct. 14. The 300 members of the Canadian paper workers Union local 1403, will vote on the protest March today. The Pas trades Council will hold a demonstration Parade at noon oct. 14 with 500 people expected to show. The Council s 24 affiliated locals Are evenly divided on the Issue. Mayor Stephen Juba has proclaimed the week of october 11 oktoberfest week in Winnipeg. Shown receiving the proclamation from his worship at left is oktoberfest chairman Ted Bloomer while George Prost. 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