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28 THE DAILY TIMES.GAZETTE, Thursday, December 17, 1068 "BUS IS NO PLACE FOR TIGER Citizens of Ascot, England, are s0 used to seeing this full grown tiger being led along the streets by its owner, Alexander Kerr, circus animal trainer, that they | barely give it second glance. But when Mr. Kerr tried to get his outsize mouse-hound into a pub- lic bus, the conductor drew the line. Kerr raised the tiger from an eight-months old cub and treats it like an overgrown cat. LONDON LETTER Britain To Have Best Christmas Since 1949 LONDON -- Britishers this year will sit down to a Christmas din- ner which strongly indicates that of the peace has For the first time in 14 years Britons will feast at Yuletide off largely unrationed goods. And lad- en tables will give additional as- surance to the recent promise of the Food Ministry that absolute decontrol of all commodities planned by summer. Christmas dinner this be up to war stre -- and even Charles Dickens who immor- talized Bitish Christmas revellry so that it set a standard for the world would have no need to be ashamed. Some Jatiouing still exists, of course. Meat, ration during the summer, is controlled again for the winter months at 30 cents worth per person per week. Poultry, how- ever, is free and on Christmas Day the Object of all attention will be The . Hard sauce for the fa udding may also still prove difficult. Fats, always the most rigidly rationed of food stuffs, are still on coupons. However, now that sugar is decon- hii 2 is jikely that most house- 8 ind a way restore this: old favorite. As for the plum pudding itself, ar will on the average family's table this essential will be as full of raisins, currants and candied peel as it ever 'was in its history. While cus- tomers have been free to buy dried fruit whenever they could find it for some time now, it was de- controlled as far as the stores are concerned only on December 1. Prior to this date the Ministry of Food made allocations to the re- is | tailers and supplies in stores were often scarce. Fesh fruits are also abundant this Christmas. Bananas which were decontrolled last winter will make their first appearance in Christmas fruit dishes. While the British housewife is finding that this Christmas brings her a personal freedom she has been wi dom to buy -- she is also benefiting indirectly from relaxing of con trols. With the freeing of flour and sugar, manufacturers are able to uce a greater variety of food products. More goods this ar will be on the counters than ave been there since 1938. Candy, particularly, freed during the year, will be available in quan- tity. There will be sufficient var- iety in confectionery to suit even the sweetest tooth. Christmas hampers, the tradit- ional English family gift, this year ROOM AND BOARD SOMEWHERE IN THE BAHAMA ISLANDS! URE Attention Citizens! Decorate Your Home for Xmas "iN $100.00 CANADA SAVINGS BOND Enter The Jaycee Home Decorating Contest Now ! Decorate the exterior of your home in any way you see fit . . . to conform with the Yuletide season. All entries will be judged on Lighting, Originality, Decorations, etc. Judging To Take Place On MON., TUES., WED. + + + = Clip and Mail -- DEC. 28-29-30 this Coupon To ~ ~ « OSHAWA JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE P.O. BOX 80, OSHAWA, ONTARIO Fill out coupon below and mail as soon as possible. In all cases the decision of the judges will be final, out for a long time--free-' foodies Saale enging rg price to % "dotlars can be obtained at most department stores. Their con- tents include such epicurean de- ts as shortbread, nts glass boar's head, pate Xo fole as, ginger in ea ae anny. Thon siravbe also be bo as single items at various epicure shops and w! such luxury ih d a well padded zur, foods for many they are part of aditional fare. Mo iy Bickering Must Cease OTTAWA (CP) -- A Newfound- land merchant warned Tuesday in the Senate that Canada and the United States are falling into the dangerous habit of bickering across their mutual boundary. ; Senator C. C. Pratt, a Liberal, said during the throne s h de- bate that what is is a movement to put across to the people of both countries how they can be of benefit to each other. After his speech, the address in reply to the throne speech was adopted. "In the economic field, Teaching down to the average citizen, I thi I can say there is a wall of ig- norance between us," he said. "There is undoubtedly the will to understand and there is a full measure of respect one towards the other. With that background, we have an ideal setting for the promotion of mutual interest in our trading and economic problems by organized effort in both countries." e said trade relations between the two countries can never reach a solid, sensible basis unless the general public in both countries understand the problems involved. "As things now are, om both sides of the border, we are grow- ing into the habit of bickering but with widespread effort I feel we can correct that and develop to- gether on a much broader and more fruitful plane." the | liam, Chi LONDON (AP) -six Con- servatives rebelled in Par- ent Tuesday night against the government's The Conservative backbenchers introduced a "critical motion' in the House of Commons demanding that Britain suspend any negotia- tions with Egypt aimed at the withdrawal ritish troops from the Suez. The so-called rebels are expec- ted to carry their fight into a for- Their move could seriously embar- rass Prime Minister Churchill's government but does not threaten its defeat as no vote is scheduled. Some of the Conservative rebels, however, have threatened to vote against the government's military troops froin the| eign affairs debate next Thursday. | =/PARTY NOT IN DANGER Tories Revolt Over Suez Plan budget early next Suez evacuation Jian is dropped. This could lead to a government qi vative revolts against the ment's plan to introduce commer- cial television and its refusal to grant war pensions boosts. esday night the government rallied full Conservative party sup- port to assure Commons approval of commercial TV and the defeat of a Labor-motion attacking it as a threat to public morals. QUEBEC (CP) -- Premier Du- plessis said Tuesday Gerard Pic- ard, president of the Canadian and Catholic Confederation of Labor, is' liable to a charge of perjury, unishable by seven years in pen- tentiary, in connection with ob- taining an automobile driving per- mit. Mr. Duplessis made the state- ment in the Legislative Assembly in connection with a clause of a government bill declaring it an mit while already under a court suspension for driving because of a traffic violation. The premier said he noted in the newspapers that Jean-Paul Noel (L--Montreal Jeanne-Mance) had said the bill was aimed at Gerard Picard, CCCL president, who was arrested for speeding last spring and whose driving licence was ded Queen Misses Staff Party LONDON (Reuters) -- Comely kitchen maids danced with blue- bloods, and footmen squired a princess Tuesday night, as the 200 domestic servants at Buckingham Palace threw a party for the al Family. The traditional palace Christmas party is the one night in the year when princes and valets can for- get the roles they must play -the Test of the time, and" just enjoy themselves together. This year the Queen, thousands of miles away on a round-the-world tour of the Commonwealth, missed the party, one of her favorites. But before she left, she arranged for the servants to hold their Ball in the glittering, mirrored state ballroom And, while the Queen herself was not present, the Queen Mother and Fiticass Margaret looked in for a while. ' Dress for the dance is semi-for- mal, with the men wearing dark suits or tuxedos, and the women long formal gowns. royal ladies never '"'dress down" at these parties. Instead they wear some of their loveliest clothes and jewels to give the oth- er women the pleasure of describ: ing such splendor to their friends. BARGAIN TRIP PRINCE RUPERT, B.C. (CP)-- Harold Hell , an engineer for Queen Charlotte Airlines Sompany repaired a small airplane whic had been lying on the beach for a r after a crackup. He made a 6,000-mile flight across Canada in it at a cost of $120. HIGH POINTS Colorado has 40 mountain peaks more than 14,000 feet high--twice the number in the Alps. Mr. Duplessis said the union offence for anyone to get a per- in Union Boss Is Perjurer Says Premier Duplessis leader had obtained another per- mit after swearing to a false state- ment. He could have been charged on the spot with perjury, punishable by seven years, or under another article of the criminal code pro- Yidme a penalty of six months in jail. By the clause in the bill, the overnment had wanted to make is offence a lesser one punish- able only by a fine of $500 to $1,000 or by imprisonment 30 to 90 days dioce what the government has done does not seem to have been appreciated, we withdraw the ause declaring this offence retro- active and let the articles of the Canadian criminal code. stand," sald Mr. Duplessis. It could not be learned immedi- ately whether or not Mr. Duplessis, who is also Quebec's attorney-gen- eral, intends to charge Mr. Picard under the criminal code. World's Aircraft," unofficial- but authoritative annual publication, said Monday Russia has .developed a rocket-driven fighter plane to defend vital targets from fast, high altitude bombers. Jane's also said the Soviet air- craft industry now has about factories at its command, plus fae- tories in some of its satelite coun- tries The publication said the new So- viet interceptor is a single-seat monoplane powered by an im- proved version of the Walther rocket motor produced in Germany during the Second World War. It is obyiously aimed as a chief- defence against strategic bombers which could attack Key sian centres with atomic bombs, suc as the U.S. air force's B-47s and the new B-52s. 1t is believed to haye been in- spired by the Messerschmitt 163 which Germany turned out near the end of the Second World War. The Russians are known to have got hold of this plane when they took over the area of Eastern Ger- many where it was being Pro duced. Jane's substantiated previous ve- ports that the Russians are pro- LAWYER Recent Resident in Oshawe De- sires to lease Unfurnished House or Large Apartment. 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