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It was not until late in April that traffic on the Montreal waterfront reached respectable proportions. The first ocean- going vessel docked in Montreal from overseas March 27 but ice conditions -- the worst in 40 years in the Gulf of St. Law- rence -- imposed two to three 20 THE OSHAWA TIMES, Wednesday, Mey 3, 196) Problems Face Shipping Firms [ocsiing ALEXANDER FARRELL Cross-Canada Survey by The . : y Hori Press Staff Writer [Canadian Press showed, there early-spring activity The people who make their|is restrained optimism. Van- STRIKE THREATENED Mving in the shipping business|couver is off to a slow start| Then there were persistent in Montreal--Canada's . largest|but expects a pickup in activity|reports of labor unrest that port--had their fingers crossed|during the summer. Halifax could affect this year's business as the 1961 summer navigation|and Saint John, N.B., both of|prospects in Montreal and ports season got under way. which do most of their business|farther inland. Delays caused by heavy ice|in the winter months when the] Montreal's 2,700 stevedores, in the St. Lawrence River and|St. Lawrence and Great Lakesmembers of the Interna- labor unrest combined to com-|are frozen, hope to match orjtional Longshoremen's Associa- plicate efforts to predict how better last summer's trade. And tion (CLC), were asking for much business the port is likely|Quebec City foresees a repeti- higher wages and revised work- to do this year. tion of 1960's good summer ing conditions under threat of In other major ocean ports, alshipping season. |going on strike. Federal media- $ tor Remi Duquette has recom- mended that the didpute be re- ferred to a conciliation board. There was discontent, both in labor and management ranks, caused by the participation of British ships in Canadian do- mestic commerce. - By treaty, Canadian ships may handle domestic trade in British waters but, Canadian ship-owners say, this is a mean- ingless privilege because Brit: ish ships have lower operating costs. Finally, the St. Lawrence Sea- way continues to be a question mark in the minds of Montreal shipping people. Does it menace the future of the port of Mont- real? v Manager Guy Beaudet said at least 12 more shipping lines have been attracted to the St. Lawrence route since the sea- way opened in 1059 and are Meanwhile, the usual summer Ta at Bh Bh Sh making Montreal a regular port|lull has set in on the east ¢ .|port manager, of call. LIKE SHOE STORE lines that can be offered to a customer, the more prosperous the shoe store can expegt to The seaway, he said, is pre- cisely the reason why Montreal steady despite a world-wide re- cession in the shipping industry since 1958. years." Montreal's cargo traffic has been of the order of 17,000,000 years. Halifax port manager J. R. Mitchell said business should be "It is. just like a shoe store as good this summer as last, bui this still means a volume expanding its lines. The more substantially below the winter- time level. Halifax and Saint John have be." an average annual cargo ton- . nage of 7,500,000 and 2,750,000 respectively, but summer ade Japan. rarely accounts for as much as port business has remained| =o ery "oe ie Saint John port manager D. M. Vye said he is "'reason- " ably optimistic" that the pat- heat ae a7 ww ev tern of the last three summers anticipated heavy grain exports,|Will continue. Cargo traffic should be one of our best in 10|Climbed to 418,000 tons during the 1960 summer season, April 1 to Oct, 31, compared to 252,000 in 1958. tons annually for the last five VANCOUVER HOPEFUL On the west coast, Capt. Quebec City port officials ex- EB. D. L. Johnson, Vancouver reported that business so far in 1961 has been below the 1960 level. He predicted, however, that|Years. the situation will improve con-| The siderably during the summer. He said he expects sharp in-|slightly creases in the export of grain to China and the Soviet Union and of lumber and coal to Vancouver's annual cargo tonnage for the last five years has averaged 12,100,000, foreign trade accounting for about 7,000,000 tons a year. Last year Vancouver was the only one of the six largest fed- erally operated ports to make money. With an operating in- come of $4,120,000, exceeded only by Montreal, it showed a net surplus of $846,000. pect 1961 to be a carbon copy, of 1960, when business was! WINNIPEG "good." Annual cargo tonnage Marsh Liberal has averaged 4,200,000 in recent| Falls, was asked year, its 4,283,121 tons of cargo i surpassing the 1956 to- tal of 4,281,246 tons. here whether she y y see more women in Jolt_tet 8 oeuty lest "I couldn't care less how women sit in the House of mons," she said, "as CASTLE FOR RENT LONDON (AP)--The Duke of Agryll has his 86-room Scottish castle up for rent at $12,600 for the six months he expected to ots be abroad. Ads say the deal in-|8"®: cludes a bagpiper who will be 3 delighted to awaken the tenant|new government with a tune every morning, and|/moves up closing hours 20,000 acres of hunting land. we've got 265 Liberals thepe." LOVES CATS of different colors and Actress Vivien Leigh, a sionate cat-lover, once owned NIGHTLIFE CURTAILED MADRID (AP)---It"s early-to- bed and early-to-rise now for|will increase efficiency the niohtlife.'avine S@naniande Alsnien Araduction. Employee's Discount Special ! PREDRESSED GRADE [1 Bo Ib 4 TO 10-BS. 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