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VOL. L, No. 144 Telephone 6767

    

Night Calls—Business 6768, Editorial (6769

 

    

 

 

RCMP n not aided
| by Chinese

in fraud issue |

» OTTAWA. @—Justice Minister
Fulton charged Monday . that

 

ring] eaders of a recently. |.
immigration |

Qistlosed. Chinese
racket are attempting .to force
:mMembers of the ‘Chinese com-

‘ munity to refuse. to. co- -operate .

with the RCMP,

-He made the. statement, in the : .

Commons in commenting. ona
féport in the. Montreal Gazette,
quoting, Chinese ~ officials --

stating that Hong: Kong police :

Vorking with the RCMP are
using improper. methods. |

¢ The minister said. a: deliberate
Attempt is being. made by those

volved in the- racket “to force):

by intimidation other members
of% the -Chinese’ ‘community to

refuse. to . co- ‘operate with: the, .

police.” © ~~

“e“Th is sort: of allegation of im-
Proper police. ‘methods .is; in my |
view, a part of that* campaign.” |: :
The activities ofthe ringlead- |’
ers. could result, only “in ~ the]:

’ racket.- not. being’ ‘exposed and

the - Chinese community - would
‘continue to be victimized by an
organized ‘racket that ‘we are
out to expose and stamp
ou 3 :

: Mr. Fulton reiterated ‘that all
pomplaints against police meth-
ods have proved: unfounded with
the exception ofan incident at
Prince “Rupert, B:C.,. where ‘six
Chinese - had. been’. asked, con-
trary to regulations, » to sign
questionnaires, ‘

® * Hong Kong: ‘police were : “not

  
  

      

Pacific’ area. of. b t depar tient
of ‘fisheries, said: ‘halibut ac-
counted for 48 per, ‘cent: and sal-
mon, 41 per cent of the take,
Mr. Whitmore said trollers ‘re-
ported sharply reduced landings
af: both coho and spring salmon,
Coho dropptd from — 1,800,000
pounds worth $432, 000 in June;
sae to 1,250,000 pounds worth
$476,000 this year. -
“Red spring Is only 45 per eent
or,.the 1,600, 000 © pounds of Junu,
1960.¢_—
=phindings: of halibut by Cana-
dian fishermen iat: B.C, ports to-
talled 7,500,000 pounds, compar-
edwvith-8,200,000 Inst year, Amor-
ionn fishermon repo orted ‘an ing

   
  
    
 
 
 
  
  
   
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
  
  

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     

 

 

 

 

  

  

 
  

 

 
 

  

    

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“The ‘ appeal’ by trene “Rebrin,
University .- of British Columbia
lecturer, against her. deporta-
tion from Canada has: been dis-
missed today: in -a sunanimous
de@sion of the British ‘Colum-
bla Court of Appeal.

‘Lawyers for the 33-year- -old
lecturer said they would apply
for.Jeave to appeal the case to
the Supreme Court. of Canada.
The application hearing will be
held next Tuesday.

 

alrport,”
_ resident alrways engineer for

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By: DICK AYRES

A man in whom the residents
of Prince Rupert have been in-
terested since the day he arrived’
‘and who in turn took‘a great

Interest in this. clily, has’ been
, posted to Ottawa.

He Js the man who “puilt our
Norman H. MeClary,

the Department of Transport.
Mr, McClary told The Datly

‘eon notified to report immed-
-intely to Ottawa where ho will
© join a newly-formed division of

the. DOT. |

The drawling onetime “cow-
‘was still stunned this
“morning ‘by tho suddonnosa .of
“the transfor, With the airport
‘ptlll not operational, ‘hoe ts reluc-
tant'to leave the Job he began
whon ho gam’ hore: May 17,
1967, |
r.. MoClary lonvos by cnr
“Thursday for the nationnl capl-
‘tal, He will work under PD, A,
“Lane, former assistant chief
ongineor. for. the DOT.

"Ono thing I would Nko," ‘Mr,
~ MeOlary ‘sald; “is ta be abla! to

‘come back for the official opon- port,

' Ing of the nlrport, if thoy havo

YO

"Aftor all,” he addod, uy ‘have
quite an Intoroat in this project,”

An ongincor, since tho Into
10208, Mr, MoClary. “awont bload"
during the construction of the
airport, runway and .acccas rond
from: Du Vornot. Polnt to. the
landing: strip,

Beldom, in tho annala of alr
port building hasan enginoor or
contractor faced auch a atupen-

 

Hous ‘abk Mb moving’ Mundreds

“Long tofd, cOuncil that since no |: .,
-one “was. ‘nominated: to ‘fila. |, :
on: District: 52. school ON

' | timber i in Br

~ City airport builder:
ON. H. McClary leaving |

News this morning that he has |’

_through mountains .in interior

about ‘$40, 000 000.

COSTLY. HIGHWAY—This ‘tunnel is. one of three being driven

- Trans-Canada . Highway construction. The. tunnels,
1.18-mile’ ‘stretch near’ China Bar and Boston Bar, make the {
“highway section’ the costliest ever built in the province. When-:
completed. it. will Ihave cost: $2,242,723. The entire B.C, route’ of |
the. Trans- Canada Highway, soon to be completed, will cost

  

 
 

 
 

 
   
   
   
   
    
     
    
    
   
   
     
   
     
   
   
     
   
 
  
  
 
    
  

  

  

Ye \ hoopla,

=) rooms,,
x struggle. will reach a. climactic
“| stage,”
yjof control. Vice-President Rich-

 
  
   

British Columbia as part. of’:
along - ‘a!

Hor: convention

 

bia today called for “an ade

 

ivil rights
still. issue

: CHICAGO )—-Republicans set
their normal. convention: ritual
aside today to worship at the
feet of President Eisenhower,
still the party’s greatest attrac-
tion’ and most. magnetic person-
‘ality.

Beyond © the tumult. and the
in. sombre committee
@ grueiling inter-party

‘indicate the amount

‘}ard M. Nixon has over the party.
dhe likely will lead in the. 1960
presidential fight.

The key issue is whether the
convention platform committee

 

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tooo acres and: ‘two of them. were
in areas. that made fighting next
to impossible. -
OF the almost. 400 fires in the
province, most. burned through
stands of spruce, cedar, pine and
fir. 7

Edward Paul, 25, a farm la-
borer and father | ‘of four, was
fatally injured when he was hit
‘by a falling snag while fighting
a 1,000-acre: fire. 100 miles
northeast of. Nelson.

It was’ the second death during

 

of tons of. nuskeg’ and an equal
amount of rock to..build a road
and a 6,000-foot air strip on
an island where a level spot Wis
hard to find.

However, the first contracts

Soptember of that. year the con-
struction camp was established,
From then on the’ battle of-the
muskoeg was waged | in all.
wonthor,
Now methods of handling nus-
keg wero evolved from the cone
struction of Prince Rupert's alr-
port on Digby. Island, By tho
summer of 068° the rond' was
through and ‘work. on the alr-
strip “was. well .underway, In
Soptomber Inst. year. olty officials
wore invited over to, Digby Island
to seo the. rond,:. runway and
nireraft’ parking aprons’ which
woro finished approximatoly: a
yonr ahoad of schedule, —
Tho man behind it all is a
longtima alrport pullder, ..
Whon the. doprokston. onded’ in.
tho Jato 308 ho loft: hla tempor-
ary but anocessful: carcor as tho
londor of.n weatorn dance band,
to join ha Dopartmont ¢ of Trane |

‘From 1061 “yntll: he camo hore,
Mr, ‘MoClary - supervised, tho Job
of extending the: “yunways nt
ROAF Atation Comox during the
ronotivation of that alrbnae,
Blneo ho camo ‘horo: Mr. Moe.
Olnry has'buoh an ‘native, mombor.
of tho Rotary clu ‘and Chambor
of Commeran, nnd nso nado hits
mark at’ Thorn win Golf and
Country alub na a'golfor,
Suobcoding Mr. Molary’ horo
will ‘be: Ronald Souch " ‘of’ the

itish Columbia. a
+ Three of the. ‘fires ‘exceeded: 10,- - |:

wera, called In July, 1957 and by |.

 

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three weeks: of ‘forest-fire’ fight-
ing in the Nelson and: Kamloops
forest. districts which comprise
most of the southern | interior’ of
the province.

Victor Jackson, 24, _of' Ed-
monton, was killed Friday
when his. plane crashed 15
miles east of Kelowna while

fighting a fire.

Some 3,500 men fighting fires
throughout the 11,000-square-
mile Kamloops forest district in
continuing hot dry weather were
left without some. valuable air
support when a B-17 Flying For-
tress, capable of dropping 2,000
gallons.of water. at ,one time,
crash landed ‘at the. air strip
here, .

CREW UNINJURED

Pilot. Iver. Beisel of Arizona and
his two crew members were nol
injured in the crash, which was
due to undercarriage failure.

Officials said the plane will
be out of commission for sev-
eral days and'it was doubtful
that the airstrip. could be re-
paired in time for today's oper-
ations by smaller water-
bombers, |...

B.C,'s Jarge st fire, a 13,000-
acre blaze at Splus’ Creek, 73
miles southeast of here, was we
der control, -.

. Next to the Splus. Creek fire,
the two worst flros In the prov-
inco were at Canyon Creek, 80
miles cast of Nelson, and al a
site 40: miles Bast of Kimberley.
Both ' covorod , 10 1000. ~ acres oF
more, +

CAN'T. USE BULLDOZE RS

Both mushroomed during the
weokond with the help of strong
winds gusting to 70. miles an
hour, Mon must. work in‘ the Nol-
aon’ forost , district. without the
agsslatance of. bulldozers because
of tho ruggod terrain,

Lands) and -Forosts. Minister
Williston gsaid-tho fodoral govern-
mont nust-be blamed for Inck of
necess yonds into fire areas, The
sonior' govdrnmont had ended &
Joint .cost-sharing) program for
focoss roads a.'yoar ago and as
a reault many roads had nob
boon, comploted,.

Ho: waa: commonting on fae
marks by ‘nv vanking B.C, forest
8orvico. official, wHo anid recone
mondations “by the’ Into Chief
Justice. Gordon Sloan. outlining
tho-nood ‘for: moro accoss ronds

 

 

Vancouver ner. Ob feo, i

     

had ‘eon. “largely: Agnored."

  
  
   
 
   
   
  
  
 
   
 
 
  
  
 

;i strations against:Southern lunch

will | write in some form of en-
‘dorsement of the Negro demon-

taxes collected from personal and cor poration. incomes.

 
    
      
    
       
      
    
     
     
      
     
      

Five proposals made 1
at Dom.-Prov. talks

OTTAWA (CP)—Without proposing a specific
formula, Premier W. A. C. Bennett of British, Colum-.

quate’ percentage” of total

and succession duties, :

However, he’
ince’s | proposals: “for, a reason;
able. provincial share of: these’
three :tax fields” are on, record,
At the: last. conference, B.C. de-
manded. 25 per cent’ of the tax.

said, “the ‘prov- :

 

comes, 121% per cent of corpora-.

succession duties: collected...
PAYMENT “INADEQUATE”.

ference here described as inade-.

per ‘cent of | income tax collec-
tions, nine ‘per cent of- corporate:

sion duties,

“Mr. “Bennett’s’ proposals. -also
covered these points:

‘1, Implementation of a nation-

al. medical ’
equally by the’ federal and. Pro-
vincial governments.

money ‘collected by the federal mv
government : ‘from personal: ‘in- |. -

tion. income: and“50 per. cent of oo

- His’ statement at the opening |”.
of the Dominion- -provincial con-.|.::

quate the current formula: ‘of-13] >|

profits and 50 per cent. of succes- |° |

-plan. to be shared]:

ee met‘at: Victoria this week’ for @ two-day conference;

a - CO- -operation i in developing north- western’ America. Commiss
a

 

: 2. Detailed “planning | by.

with - Britain and Europe .

 

sounters which catered to. white
Dersons only.

sionately.” ‘opposed to such “an

,j tights’ "and: bringing: ‘an, é

States. now: faces. in the ‘threat
of. world. communism. oo

Congressman. Walter Judd - ‘of
Minnesota, a ‘former. .medical
missionary in China, delivered
a rousing old-fashioned keynote
speech whipping the delegates
into a near-frenzy with a moun-
tain of indictments against the
Democrats, ranging from. recog-
nition of the Soviet regime 27
years ago to the “disappear-
ance’ of 600,000,000 persons
behind the Iron Curtain in the
first five years after the Second
World War.

City, Chamber:
to ponder
road. delegate |

Council | approved - & motion
that the city confer with the

 

 

 

Chamber of Commerce regard-
ing a delegate to be sent to a
meeting of the Northern Trans-
Canada ‘Route. Association in
Edmonton Friday, September. 2.

A. letter from E. J,,Goos, sec-
rotary of the organization stres-
sod that the mecting would be
the first opportunity for dele-
gates. from British Columbia,
Alborta,.. Saskatchowan and

urged Jocal, municipal councils,
boards, of trade and chambers
of commerce ‘to arrange for a

Aldorman Gordon E, Carlson
aud that: the northorn trans.
Canada route was extromely. im-
portant to the northern part of

nt fall, to send v dolo-
gate, .

Alderman. A,. ‘Donald. Ritchie
movod .thati ono dolegato repro-
sonting both: Clty Cotnell. and
tho Chambor of Comorce. bo sont
to tho meeting,

Alderman T,- Norton Youngs
cnutioned cownell.to mako sure

way associntion, Ho said: the city
should bo sure {t waa tho group
which: was supporting n north-
ern, trana-Ognada route fram,
Hdmonton, -MoBride,’ Prince

not tho grouy which was urging
0, route via Kamloopar ey

 

al ats Aine et was sacaneaaaacaacnacasanssaenetaesaeecosisitbniGiZilesiiiniceanicit

endorsement, though they agreed

Manitoba to meet together and.

delegation to attond. the moot-

British Columbia and that coun-.

it was backing tho Yight high-|.

Goorgo and Prince Ruport: and:

open new:* “trade.

 

that blamed the Democrats ‘for|: na
almost every problem. the ‘United PR

 

‘Regarding : foreign “trade, “he
said the’ ‘proposed trade. develop-
ment and expansion was depend-
ent:on “a, reduced. valuation. -of
the Canadian . dollar.” The pre-

dustrial ° expansion, marketing,
employment..and. the. volume of
revenues earned by all levels of
government. .

“Increasing ‘competition from
world markets now protected by
extensive trade blocs makes a
premium on our dollar contrary
to the national interest, "he ar-
gued. :

PG ‘asks: city
to back pian

A. resolution :has., been sub-
-mitted to the Prince Rupert City
Council by assistant. city clerk
E, Nelson-Kent of Prince George
asking for this city’s support at
the forthcoming convention. of
the Union of British: Columbia
Municipalities in September. |

It points out that the Municil-
pal Act requires council to pre-
pare provision school budgets in
October of cach yoar and to

 

ary. It also. ‘points out that the
Sehools Act. does not require

‘school boards:to present thelr
ostimates carlicr. than March 1
of.any yer, .

In y to: “gtreamiine ‘thie
operation so that budgeting- ‘and
costs mpy bo. known at the same
timo the resolution advocates an
approach to the provincial

amend tho school cost sharin
formula to provide. for municipa
and = diatriot. components. of
achool ‘districts in ‘tha, province

of capital achool sites and bull-
dings; to. provide that tho: gov-
ornmont of. the province pay the
ontiro operating school costs In-
cluding salaries, malntonance of
bulldingay. grounds upkeop ’ and
other oxponsos,

Tho adoption of this plan. by
the government would moan that
no budgets noed bo presonted
by school districts to municipal
counoils, the Princo George TOHO-
Jution anid, .

Tho mattor has beon roferrod
by olty. counoll to: the resolution

 

1 gonim too. cet ee

governments to develop trade
and

f rontiers

“throughout the Americas in the
Southern: delegates ‘are. ‘pas- Pacific region” - ws

   
   
  

mium on the‘dollar harmed in-|

adopt them the following Janu-| |

 

CS ea

| DLIMDOLD TO OS i

=. concerned: transport.

_F. H. Collins; of: ‘the: Yukon, Alaska governor, ‘William. Ege

-right,. “during: the: welcoming ceremony. ‘The ; 7D.

  
  
 
 
 
 
  

   

 

_|SITY_MAY DO” 2 JOB

3: Collectiv » action on -nation= —

 

ton: Youngs
thought —.th:

y.
should: také: over: the: “Sewer ren-|

ovation. program over: a: period: of

‘three years. t
Alderman: Youngs said. that: a’
lot. of the. mess caused. around |’
the city by a contractor trying to |

do the work in’ the-'summer,
would be avoided. .

“If the city’ works crews. took
over the sewer job, and concen-
trated in one area at.a time, the.
work could be accomplished with
far more consideration: for. the

people of Prince Rupert, ” Ald.

Youngs sald.

In addition he said, if ‘the: work

was left until the fall, the: city’

might: gain by: having: some of
the work placed under: the winter
works program. "8

MHO reports

fire hazard

A letter from Medical Health’
Officer Dr. Wilfred Sinclair

pointing out that ‘the Pioneer| ~ )
Canadian Laundry Building was!

in such condition that it’ con~
stituted a fire hazard, was refer-

red to Fire Chief Earl Becker f for].

report last night.” -

Dr, Sinclair’ wrote council. that
the ‘elty’s sanitary Inspector ‘ine.
spected the building July 8 tind
roported. that the. floors were
littered with waste;, paper. and

tho doors’ to the building were
not locked, In .addition, he’ 'gaid;.
the building “is'in poor. condi:

tion of repair and. before it could:
be.used again. should: ‘bho inspoc-.
ted and brought up to required.

Council was told that the doors:

of the building had been locked
and: boardad up timo. and time
again only. to be broken into by hy

to ralao by taxation the coals) nalonts and vandal: ||

out.of- place’ ag it referred . to

five hazards and: building condi. |

‘tion, anything. but thoso which
camo under tho jurisdiction of

tho medical hoalth offlcor, which ae

wos: hon . ee

“Prince | ‘Rupert has
now: “gone” 559° days
without’ a fatal trafic
accident, »

 

 

 

 

 

Ce a oe te oy coe teag hae!
wea fas Be ‘
Serr og, . a mn .

‘onbinet through the UBOM_ to building, atandarda. of tho city.”

Alderman, ‘T, Norton, Youngs
auld: that the ‘modtedl health
officer's letter. was “completely |”

         
  

 

that the ay ‘didn’t have. “to” ace
cept. the tenders and Ald, ‘Youngs
moved that City Works Superin-
tendent C.J. Gustafson -be"in-
‘structed .to prepare.estimates.on ,
the second phase of: the: program:
so ‘that ‘council could know? ifthe —
elty ‘could handle the job-itself.
‘Asked ‘what ‘extra: equipment

.|the city would’ need. to {doithe

|job, Mr, Gustafson said thatthe ©
‘| project’: would’ have:to “bé'done |

Jagia soparate unit, from, other. city |

‘| work: and” that,’ two' moretrucks
pond a digger. would’ have « t0,-bo°
acquired.” moan eS) wrghons

   

‘near’ ‘Butedale::

BAA,

rock 20: miles. south ‘of Butedale, -
60 miles southwest of:hére: ware
picked: up. arly. Monday bythe:
treighter Halda’ Prince. sir

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lands: Navigation . ‘ship:: sald: ‘he -
found, the. crow. /of thaw santa ..
Marjo!\No, 1, owned: by British ©
Columbia ‘Packers,’ Company,” In
a dory. UE B380) BM oe anger
Tha ‘mon: all; from: Vancouver,
wero! landad. ‘Hore, Named" een
mon ‘and" ‘dotalls. of the
were mot, “known,

WEATHER :: :
Cloudy. with: sunny-p or

“Wednesday, Little change %in’:
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completed. work on the current? |
phase of the’ sewer: ‘program, be~

| RITIMAT.O—Pour men-whoge |
‘fishboat sank .whon® Abt ov

Onapt, Terry Scott of the: ‘north. -