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prince
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(Fr.)
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been subjected to electronic
surveillance or wiretapping by
police if nocriminal charges are
laid after 90 days.of
,
surVeillance.
1973 IMMIGRATION UP
Immigration to Canada rose by
27.6% in the first nine months of
this year over the same period in
1972. By the end' of September,
119,800 immigrants had been
admitted into Canada as
compared with 86,787 admitted in
the first nine months of 1972.
INDIAN LAND RETURNED
1,500 acres of land along the
Richibucto River in 'New
Brunswick ,will be returned to
Indians on the Big Cove Indian
Reserve. The 1,500 acres were
par tof 3,000 acres the federal
government took over from the
Indians in 1879.
The decision to return the land
was taken last week by Indian
Affairs Minister Jean Chretien.
OLD PAGE PENSIONS UP
Health and Welfare Minister
,Marc Lalonde announced, that the
basic Old Age Security pension
will increase to $108.14 from
$105.30 in January to keep it in
line with increases in the cost of
The Guaranteed Income Sup-
plement for a single person will
go up to $75.85 from $73.86 - with
basic OAS pension, a total of
$183.99; for a married couple; it
will increase to' $67.37 from
present $65.00 - for a total of
$351.02 with the basic OAS
pension.
, GNP ON' THE INCREASE
The Gross National Product,,
seasonally adjusted,. at today's
'prices, rose in the third quarter
by $2.8 billion to a level of $119.1
billion. The increase was 2.4%
over the previous quarter.
Art 'Bolton
elected to
laderation
Arthur Bolton of R.R. 1, Dublin.
was re-elected president of the
McKillop Federation of Agricul-
ture at the annual dinner meeting ,
in Caven United Church, Win-
throp, Friday evening.
Vice-presidents are Mervin
Smith of R.R. '1, Walton and
Gordon Blanchard of R.R. 4,
Walton. Alvin Dodd of R.R. 2,
Seaforth is secretary-treasurer,
Nine directors were elected:
Murray Dennis and Laverne
Godkln, both of R.R. 1, Walton;
Gordan Papple, Don Moylan and
Lou Coyne, , all of R.R. 5,
Seaforth; Francis Hunt and
Robert Robinson, both of R.R. 4,
Walton; Andrew Davidson of
R.R. 2, Seaforth, and Leon
Maloney of R.R. 1, Seaforth.
One more director will be
elected at the January meeting.
Musical entertainment was
provided by Teresa Hicknell of
R.R. 5, Seaforth, who played two
piano solos and Linda and Anne
Albert of R.R. 4, Seaforth,, who
sang and played electric guitars.
Reeve of Mc Killop Township,
Allan Campbell, spoke of the
"Yiel" " signs being erected at
crossroads in the township. •
Gordon Blanchard of Walton
spoke of the annual convention of
the Ontario Federation of Agricul-
ture which he attended in Oshawa
recently.
Mervin Dennis explained
changes in grants for township,'
drains 'which hi hoped would be
brought about shortly. These
changes were discussed it a
Drainage meeting which, he
attended in Kincardine recently.
Rev. J. Ure Stewart of Seaforth
showed a selection of slides'
depicting the Four Seasons and
Mrs. Stewart gave the comment-
' ary.
Over 100 persons attended the
meeting.
OIL CONTROL BILL •
Energy Minister Donald
Macdonald introduced in the,
House of Commons, legislation to
provide for the rationing of oil
products, natural gas, coal,
electricity and petroleum
products such as plastics. •
The bill would also establish a
new Allocation Board with broad
powers to set prices for energy
resources, to control their import
and .export and to order the
relaxation of anti-pollution
standards.
WIRETAPPING BILL
The House of Commons gave
final reading to a bill aimed at
controlling wiretapping or other
forms of electronic surveillance.
The Commons. approved one
amendment which would permit
police to introduce evidence in
court from illegal wiretaps.
Another amendment approved
will require provincial
attorneys-
general to notify people that have
Spanish
Christmas
Customs
In Spain, song and dance
dominate all the Yuletide
celebrations, which begin
on Christmas Eve, called
"Noche. Buena" or "The
Good Night." The birth of
the Christ Child is heralded
in a gay and festive manner
lay• crowds of young people
singing and, dancing in the,
streets to he accorripani-,7,
ment of tambourines, gui-
tars, gourd, rattles and cas:-
tanets.
During ' midnight church
services, tambourines and
guitars blend With the or-
gan music and the spirited
voices of the congregation,
Christmas Day is devoted
to family reunions. There is
much feasting on such deli-
cacies as almond soup, truf-
fled turkey with chestnuts
or roast turkey with apples
and raisin stuffing, The tra-
ditional Christmas sweet is•
turron, a nougat of almond
candy.
After dinner, the family
gathers around the Naci-
mento, or Nativity scene,
which has been lighted with
candles, to sing lively Span-
ish carols, most of which
date back hundreds of
years. Spirits are further
whipped up by the noise of
the "pandereta" (tambou-
rine) and the "zartibomba,"
a drumlike instrument with
a reed stuck through the
skin which, after being
moistened, is nioved up And
down, producing a deep
monotonous sound. The
-Children join in enthusias-
tically, singing and. dancing
around the Nacirnento,
The Nacinientos have an
indiVidual Spanish look, A
typical Spanish bull and a
gray donkey'occupy stalls
near the Babe of Bethle-
hem, The procession of the
three Wise Men and their
retinue bearing gifts are all "
represented., There isal-
ways a little stream or river,
made Of SilVer paper or 'real
water, to shoW Where Worn-
en kneel and de the . fatriilq
lattridrYi a typical Spanish
Scene. BesideS the innIteeP-
et and Many animals, there
are sometimes figures ,•
famous bullfighters. and
politicians.
Chu-We of the teStivities
is the annual ca,balgata," a
tolorftil ,Parade Which
marches through the een-
ter of town With floats tie-
pieting the birth of Christi
the Magi, shepherdS and re=
lated.personages,.
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