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ORONiO WEEKLY TIMES, WEDNESDAY, MAY Sth, 1971 O ttawa Report Riussell C. jioney, Q.C., M.P. Northumberland - Durham The Minister of Externat Af- fairs the 11onourable Mitchell Sharp' recently visited a number of African countries to demon- ýstrate our national interest in ID. ROGERSONâý ORONO, ONTARIO WEBUY AND SELL OdGas. China, PIne Articles Toyçs and Oddities IF IT'S OLD... CALL US WE PAY CASH Phone 623-5342 alter 6 p.m. BOB YEMANS PLUMBING AND, HEATING 24 Hour Service *New Installations - Alterations Repairs * Specializing in Hot Water lleating Forced A ir Heating Septie Tank Work, E.R. 1 Orono 983-5624 Grant C. Wade Insuralý-nce Agency GENERAL INSURANCE Newtonville, Ontario Telephone 786-2921 DYKSTRA'S Frigid Locker System Vour Jleadquarters for --- Freezer Supplies Government Inspected BEEF or PORK Steer Sides of Beef d Cut - wrapped .M Fresh Frozen Salmon or Halibut SteaksIL.84», -Fresh Oysters AvailaJle - PORK « han ilb 49c BULK SUPPLY 0F Frozen Food! CUSTOM CUTFINGt; SMOKING - CIJUNG, Locker Rentfais PHONE 623-5578 73 king St. W. Bowmanville- that 'Continent in particular and the world sc'ene la general. One of the well publicized. an- nouncements that lie made there was the gi anting of $13 million interest-fiee loan for the pur- cbase of 35 dîesel-electric locomo- l'ives for the Eas't African Rail- ways Corporation which operates in Ksenya, Tanzania and Uganda. Since that announcernent, there have bQŽrî complaints to the eff- cet that, Canada stiould not bc giviîlg ur money tb Africa whlen xve have reai needs at home. This made me realize that some people rvay naively tIhik that our country is just giving money to others vwith no strings attached. I wish we were noble and so gen- erou-! The facts are quite the contrary. Firstiy, the $13 million was neither a grant or a gift. It was a Joan and. is ail repayable. Secondly, it is an interest free loan to do one specifie thiag, to purchase from Canada 35 of our Canadian ýbuilt iese]-electric lo- comotives and provide sufficient parts and service to enable them to operate. Thus the entire boan is -a shot in the arm for Caaadiaîi manufac- turing, Canadian industry and the mnoney ail ends îup iin anadian pockets_. Tibe only aspect, that could be consîdered generous is that the loan is înterest free. The benefits coming to Canada through this major industrial sale will esseatially off-set that too. So, if we are helping Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda to develop a transportation systcm by using a technique to get themf to buy lo- omotives from Canada iastead of somne other country that is al to. the good. And is probabiy an example of aggressive andçi Imagin-, ative salesmanship by Canada. So letý not pretend that Canada is being too generous with the rest of the world >and somiehow making Canadians poorer there- by. The, tîuth is that: we ouglit to be far more generous. In the case la point ail we've done is sell Canadian produets which would, not have been sold otherwise and created Canadian wealth and work which, without this $13 mil- lion loan wouldn't hhlve corne oui way. REPORT FROM OTTAWA RussellI C. loney, QC, M.P. Northumberland - Durham Duîiag the Easter recess of Parliament my wife Anne an 1 spent a week ln Romania as guests of the Speaker of 'the Ro- manman National Assembly. I thought, ln this week's report, 1 might mention a few of the high- liglits of our lisit. The Socialist Republie of Rom- ania is an island of latin culture behind the iron curtàin and sur- rounded by its Slapie neighbours., Itý is bounded on the east and ýsouth by the U.S.S.R. and the Black Set, on the aorth by Rn- gary and Yugoslavia and on the west by Bulgaria. The Romanian goverament like its neiglibours is formed from the Commuaist Party. The Roman- lans, however, are mnaking real efforts to strengthea their rela- tioaship with Western countries. They made a conscîentious effort to identify themselves as lbeing as independent as possible from the U.SS.R. The Roman army conquered the local tribes la the year 106 A.D. The main resuit of about 165 y'ears of Roman raie was the ad- option of Latin as a common. bang- uage. The modemn Romanian language is rebated tp the Itabian n i g r e t d a o n e r a r a g e Completes 35 Yrsý NewtonvýIlle P.O. Newtonville Postmaster C. H. Lane, on April 30th, completed 35 y ais of service as Postmaster in the cornmunity. Messages of appreciation and congratulations were rcccived by Mi. Janc from Postniaster Gener- ai, the Honourable Jean Pierre Col e and the Deputy Speaker of the House of Comamons, Noîthum- berland- Durham M.P. Ruïsell C. Holley. tweea the Roman soldiers and the local tuibes and this gave birth to this latin island surrouaded by Slavic neiglibour-. Frenchi is the second language of Romania. Duriag our visit we found that ail Romanian officiais spoke Frenchi only as their sec oad language. This, of course, is related to- their latin origias, but oae suspects aso that it is' to i- deatify themselves fromn their Slavic neiglibours who uîse Eng- lish as a second banguagn'. Trade between our two coun- tries lias increased very rapidby since a trade agreement was sign- ed about thîee years ago. In dis- cussions with Romanian officiais they expressed eagerness to ia- crease trade with Canada aad to generalby strengthen ouir ela- tioaship. Talks were lîeld withthe President of: th 'e Bepublic, the Minister of External Affairs aad the Minister of Trade and Com- merce. The Romanians are a, warin friendly people. There is obvious- ly a great deal of benefit to be gaiaed by both our countries la relations. I think our trip w'as one exteading and strengtlîeaing our step in thîs direction. Kirby News, Mr. Clarence Allia and Loiis of Woodville visited wiith his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wmn. Allia on Thursday. Kirby U.C.W. held an executîve meeting at the home of Mrs. Grace Reid's on Thursday after- noon. Don't forget to get your, tickets for the lucky luncheon to be held la Orono on June 2nd. Dr. aad Mrs. Paul Rutherford of Listowel visited with bis par- ents and grandmother on Sunday on the way home from Ottawa. Miss Janice 'Rutherford, King- ston, was home for the weekend. Congratulations to Mr. Donald Ransberry on receiving his Inter Provincial Diploma ia Plumbiag. Donald is on a holiday trip out west to the Peace River District, Miss Ana and Switzer of Port their grandpareatç end and attended Sehool., Master Douglas' Perry visited ýs on the week- 1 Kirby Sunday Do you know this man? CL. Gunter There-'s a good chance that you do. He gets around quite a lot and lie knows the community very well. 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