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Home My WebLink AboutThe Exeter Times-Advocate, 1959-11-26, Page 2Page 2 The Times-Advoca e, Novamb.r 26s 1,59 No changes promised bine ministers say ca t The :Secretary of State' of Can, not be in of der, more particular- oda, Hon. Henri Courtemanche, has stated that he could give no assurance toanyone that amend- ments .could, or would, be en- acted to .strengthen the Canada Temperance Act. ., In a letter dated November 12, 1959, to Don Southcott, editor of The Exeter Times -Advocate, Mr. Courtemanche said: " , if you submitted to me a definite proposal for amend- ment I would not be in a posi- tion to tell you whether, if sub- mitted to the Cabinet, it would be agreed to by the Cabinet. – "As to giving you my opinion about the chances that the Cabi- pet might approve a certain pro- posal and thus, in effect and in- directly, purporting to commit the government with respect to you will agree that this would been endorsed by the Cabinet. ly at this juncture and in view of the possibility or probability that my opinion would bg cited and used in the campaign pre- ceding the referendum to be held the last day of the month " Mr, Courtemanche's positioe. was expressed in .a reply to a question from The Exeter Times - Advocate editor asking it it was possible or probable that amend- ments to the CTA would be pro posed by the Cabinet 'to parlia- ment. The editor asked for clarifica- tion of 4ihe • point in view of 'the fact that members of the Huron CTA committee have been citing the Secretary of State's name in assuring its supporters that amendments are possible and, in some cases, inferring that the particular proposal,I think their proposed amendments have Bus hits car, no one hurt No one was injured when a school bus, loaded with SHDHS children, struck the rear of a car on' HUron St. east Wednes- day. afternoon, David Johns, 22, was making a turn into a laneway when the bus, driven by Les Gibson, 55, Exeter, struck him from behind. Damage was slight. Cars driven 'by Charles Ross with the secretary of state." Keller, 19, RR 2 Dashwood, and Alvin Cudmore, 21, AR 1 Hen - sail, collided at the intersection of Main and Waterloo Sunday. afternoon. Keller was making a left hand turn off Main when Cudmore attempted to pass. Both cars had been travelling north. Damage amounted to $100. A '58 Thunderbird suffered $2,000 damage when it struck two trees in the ditch beside No.' 83 highway, two miles east of Exeter, Wednesday afternoon. The driver, Clifford Phelps, 36, Don Mills, was not injured. A car struck a panel truck near Drysdale Sunday night, causing $375 damage. Ronald Scotchmer, 17, RR 3 Bayfield, had stopped on Nn. 21 to make a left turn with his truck when he was struck from the rear by Fred Glover, 60. Arkona, Both ears `��were e��t��raavLLee�ll{liinn�g��{{ south.ll��4,a`�`C04 ,`0 `,{41 Saturday, The London Free Press quoted Mr. Courtemanche as saying: "As the responsible minister I undertook to report fully and accurately to cabinet the representations made to .'tie. I made it quite clear that deci- sions rested, however, with the cabinet.'" Justice Minister E. Davit Ful- ton, whose name has also been used in connection with amend- ments, was also questioned by The Free Press. "There must be some mistake. 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