; os at. such’a time to handle.the net.

 

  

VOL! XLVI,

 

‘No, 48°:

 

Council to buy.
lifesaving net

 

 

AY recommendation that

 

_ tenders. be’ ‘called: ‘for the}.
“purchase. of a! lifesaving}.
netifor the ‘fire. ‘depart-}-

 

_ ment. vaised ‘conflicting |
_ -ylews ati city: council last |.
as hight. - wes

cot ‘Utilities. cuinmitiee - chairman
_ Ald-T. Norton: ‘Yourigs asked that

 

“the: purchase, be .dispensed.. with |’

and’ ‘added’ that Fire’ Chief: Earl
WwW. -Becker. did. not: favorthe pur-
; chase. ‘

 

=Ald Younes Sgala~ Fire - Chiett

. Becker | believed. athat: such. ‘acnet!
- was: only useful ‘at..the : outbreak.

   
 

‘seldom enough. firenien: “present:

“Ald. ‘A. Donaid: Ritchie. strong-'

ly. opposed his: motion to remove.
the purchase’ from the commit-:;
tee’s recommendations. He said.
the net was very’ ‘important and:
cited the case where a net could:
have saved 10 or 12‘lives in the’?

- Exchange Block fire had it brok-
en out at night. —.
‘He was hacked by Ald, Gordon
E. Carlson, who added that dur-~
ing the King George Hotel fire
people were cut. off from escape
by flames and one: woman was
foreed to. jump among tree
stumps in an adjoining lot.
Ald. Norman Bellis said that
_ df the Mfesaving het: was. used
only once and saved a life the
cost was justified, -
Before council voted to defeat
aramendinent striking tho pur-
cHiise from the’ yecommenda-

tlons Ald. Youngs argued une].

successfully that tho department
hid no eulnod, personnel. ‘Lo
hanele the net,
How in henyon' $ name are the
fifamen going to learn to uso a
safety net i they con't got one?”
aged Ald. A. Donald Ritchie,
Tenders Will be: called,

te pane ee eater feme meprsempn nt nears

Workers given
3% per cent

gent

pay Increase

aye

sOALy workers have won a total
Wipe increase of 5’ per cent
aver a period of two years, Olly
Council was told last night,

nMOUNCI'N wage conimittes '0-
ported thata nesting bud boon
wd with GA. Oarmichnol,
provincial conciliation officer,
a Mn agreement reached with

Glue Wimployera Union, Local
Nov 6.

gafeairman Ald. Norman Bollls

1 the union had agreed to a
two-year contract giving thom a
a per cont tnerpare In wages for
P80 anda Be por cunt Increase
for, 1000.

‘Tot accumulative sick leave
dyya Kranted In the 1058 ngree-
ment have bean ineronsed thts
ee to 30 from 24,

of
oS

a “The ‘Thief”-in centre,
left reads = that: the ‘sta

idebentures

‘Jorlaing bylaws advising of the

 

    

CIry, RESIDENTS. passing “by.

‘| ‘Theatre which ‘is now ‘the Elk’

 
 
  
 
  
 

 

- the’ year. is not: known
othe building. when, We

 

 

‘Donald: ‘Smitl

g0 along, for. the time being any-
‘way, with Reeve C.. A. P. :Muri-
son, president. of the. Union: of
B.C. Municipalities’. and ~ study
the-proposal for some. time.

Mr.. Smith’s plan; which he
outlined ina speech in the leg-
islature January 29, calls for en-
abling legislation by which and
run down areas can be: granted
assistance in improvement and
tax abatement,

Mr. Smith said that many
property owners in the |. older
areas “have a darned hard time
making ends meet what with
taxes, utilities, fuel and the
Nke... -

“They have an
task in scraping

even harder
up enough

Government

 

restricts

 

City counell learned ‘Monday
In a latter from deputy minister
of municipal affairs J. BE. Brown,

that rostrications’ have been
placed’ on the sale of guaran-
Leed municipal debentures to

wn issue or issues not exeeed-
ing $500,000 tn any one 30-day
period.

The move is aimed at avhiev-
Ing orderly marketing of guar.
anteed debentures. Municipali-
tles are belng asked by the
department to notify the prov-
nek govornmont immediately
following the wdoption of auth.

date on whieh counell wishus
La offer the tysue for sale.

Bids on guarantood debentures
are to be recquosted by tender
and the department notified by
cournel of the bid they are pre-

y council cautious
on ‘tax. incentive plan

City Council last. night. decided to. ‘proceed. ex-
tremely. Hitewbae on” a ‘Proposal by \ Victoria MLA. Je

   

incentive imptovement for C
ts Council. * decided thatrit would;—

the - ‘Helgerson : Block’ on “sixth:

- Street. within the last week: ‘may-have thought. they were seeing C

“things as.a small portion of. ‘construction to the building uncov-
, ered three old: vaudeville: posters (above) ..As: far-back: as can be

traced. Am: ‘Daily: News files‘ Brandon’s Pla
Son the. poster: at: right staged many..such shows in the> Empress. .
Ss Lodge. No sign of the production’
‘poster could ‘be. traced and the’ ‘sign. at
ge! show, started. Thursday. June 30 but’
ds believed: the posters were put on
as: ‘constructed in 1910. —
“Staff. Photo by. Charles E. Giordano.

yers as vaguely. shown -

  
  
     

 

  

older “homes:

 

money to pay ‘for. ‘much-needed |
improvements—new. roofing, sid~'
ing, fences, paint, and general re-
pairs. But when we do improve |
our older properties along, comes
our the assessor“and: there’ are
much higher taxes on. top of
everything else.” -

In his letter to council
Smith said: :

“I beligve that a proper tax-
incentive bylaw would:

(1) Through improvement of
older Properties enhance all
property values. with the munl-.
cipality,

_ (2) Help solve some of. our
serious unemployment problems’
through greater use Of men and
materials. ;

(3) Serve as an effective beau-
tification program,”

Reeve Murison in his letter to
members of UBCM warned that
councils should “be cautious in
endorsation of the ideas propos-
ed without prior expert investl-
gation of their worth ind prac.
tleability.

He sald in a letter to Mr,
Smith that “tax exemptions at
any’ time aredangerous and un-
less the quallfications can be ex-
plicity and simply defined, they
are highly explosive material
since they might well open the
door to every form of partlality
and ablise.”

*“Secoirdly," sald Reeve Muri-
son, “our system of Assessment,
is based on actual values and ex-
emptions of the kind you suggyst
mipht well negate this funda-
mental principal”

Thirdly, the reeve sald, that tt
exemptions applled a school as
well as niuniclpul taxation It is
concelvable that the Equalizu-
tion of Assessment Act would tall
In tts purpase,

To sald thot the cuse should bo
studied by those someone fully
qualified to set out all the pray
and sons before any action was
tuken,

Olty Counell

Mr. |

-agreed with

 

pared to accept,

Monday tha feceral governumer
Tndlans only at the request o
They were commenting on

Calumbin Indians to buy Havor

The offlalala suid the federa
nob living on reservations the yr
provided thia la requestod by an
in Ontarlo,

 

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POVAAIDOOCOED POPP OI AC COE Ia IEGEOAT CLA EELELEOEF OGLE CE TEI OOU Ded

UP TO PROVINCE TO REQUEST
LIQUOR RIGHTS FOR INDIANS —

OTTAWA (h--OrNolus of the Indian affalesy branch auld

Vancouver, prostdent of the North American Indian Brother-
hood, wiking Citlaenship Mintator Walrclough to perntlt British

However, this right is extended to Indians on reserves
only at tho requost of & province and after the band coun!
lias Approved tho salo by a referendin.

FPMPAIPET EIT ME DIGIIIIOOSS eee (990004900 94004 00 D00G0IUEOONEOORD

Reeve Murlson,

WW grants Ilquor privileges to
£ Pravinelal yovernmonta,
w request by Andy Paull of

In BQ. quar stores,

1 yovernmont will grant Indians
luht to buy Jiquor in atores
province. Thia was the vaso

 

‘| the plan, it was Jmercly asking to

‘Peamp outslde Dublin where ats-

 

 

 

R. W. Long will be ‘in
structed ‘to. draw up a

cil decided last. night. -

ceipt. of a letter from: the: Board:
Said. that-the Parks board. had’
to change the status .

of some

parks land:

knowledge of:the Parks Commis-

sion and. seemingly; no thought .

has. been givén:as to.whether Or
not. the commission: favors such,
a-move.”:

felt as that as an appointed body.
for the use of. administrating ‘x:
parks program,, it had. been: by-
Passed...

. “The commission considers the
‘custody: and development of: all
‘parks lands in the city to be the.
-| responsibility of the Parks Com-]

 

icaton’ ‘by City Council.” .

 

‘to the status of the Parks Com-
mission be given ath respect to
reciassi t. lands. now
designated as parks properties.

When. it was pointed out that
what the Parks Commission was
referring to was possibly the
proposed erection of a television
station at-Roosevelt Park, Mayor
P, J, Lester said that the Parks
Commission was not opposing

be informed!

Alderman Norman Bellis said
he thought that the Parks Com-
mission. was automatically in-
formed on the city clerk-comp-
trollcr level.

4
Council then approved a mo-
tion to have City Clerk-Comp-
troller R. W. Long draw up a
policy statement as to Parks
Commission's jurisdiction,

emer amraran

 

ere ne eepreernmecrnernt ane eee

City forester
at V.I. parley

Special to The Dally News
VICTORIA —- Forest Research
Officers from many parts of the
province are gathering at the
Cowichan Lake Forest Expert-
ment station, Vancouver Island,
today for three duys. of discus~
sion and flield-demontsration of
forestry problems,

On Friday, March 13, the group
will move to Victoria for its final
day of meetings. -

Chalrman of the meeting will
be R. HL Splilsbury, Forester-in-
Charge of the Forest Researeh
Division, Victoria. Among those
attending will be Kelth UNna-
worth, Prince Rupert research
officer; M. B. Clark, Kamloups
Distrieh; ‘Tm Decle, Officer ie
Alogn Luke Forest Experiment
station, Princo George; and
Michael Stewart, Nelson research
centre,

The agenda calls for discus-
sions on reforestation pluns, the
problems of cone collecting, pro-
codures for soed-regiatration and
troo farm Heence worklug plans,
plus many other matters of iin-
portance in tha vital work af
(orest resourch,

 

HOO ce meni Hh mR Tek 4 Al

‘Release IRA suspects

DUBLIN (Reuters) —Ton more
prisoners were released Monduy
from the Ourragh, a detention

pects of the outlawod Ivish Re-
publigan Army have boon held,

 

Princa Rupett has
now .gone §4 days
without a fatal traftio
uceldent,

 

City: Clerk-Comptroller f

= statement, ‘Of policy of city.
" | dealings: on. parks; coun:

“The move was taken. after 1 re-: :
of Parks Commissioners. which |:
‘taken exception to council plans A
parcels of land now designed as.

. “These plans have been put
into motion without: the express }-

The commission said. that. it

  

| mission, with’ its.actions. concerns 4,
te" ParRS bein Sibject-to-ratipwe

“Tt asked. ‘that written advice as

‘take on about 070 tons of
Which will be delivered to tho

 

 
 
  
  
  
  

 

     

‘CANADIAN’ P. CIFIC: airlines
' Canso will ‘be ‘out’ of operation:
from April 6— to. April 11. for
; annual overhaul with. repairs
to veteran ‘amphibian being:

made at. Seal Cove. airbase:
where Canso’ is shown above.

~ Canso overhaul set

  

   

  
 
  

| state; he. left” immediately ; for
4 the lighthouse. aboard. ‘the De-}.
partment ‘Of Transport.
| house.; -tender.. ‘CGS Alexander}.
Mackenzie.” -
- Constable: Brage ‘said that. al
first ‘attempt to land at... the}.
thwarted — by|:
heavy seas: and a 40- mile. per|*

was told last night. =

bullet; ‘the seven- ‘man jury. de-
cided: *-

gas was in.a serious mental

-|lighthouse. was.
‘hour. gale...

However, ‘the. ‘constable said

| the second attempt was success-|:

ful:and on landing he. found Mr.
‘Vargas lying in’a.pool- of blood

 

April 6 to April 11

‘The Canso aircraft which provides. the Canadian.
Pacific: Airlines - Prince Rupert to Sandspit ‘flight,
‘will be out of service for its ‘annual: overhaul from
April. 6 to April 11 inclusive, B. 4 Anderson, agent. for

the airline said today. |=
‘Mr. “Anderson said that... the
[veteran | amphibjan. ‘will. not ‘be:
akenxto- Vancouver:for. overhaul. 5
as had been..the custom: in. thg
past, but. extra. -maintenance
crews will be sent up. here to do
the job.
From April 6 on and. including
April ll, passengers for Vancou-
ver. will go via Terrace directly
to Vancouver aboard CPA’s 72-
passenger DC-6B.
Vancouver to Rupert service
will be via Sandspit and Terrace
on the DC-6Bs.
The Vancouver-bound flight
will leave Terrace at 12 noon and
arrive in Vancouver at 2:40 p.m.
For the week of April 6. to

April 11 a specially-chartered
bus will be provided to take pas-

Yacht dub

plans more
activities

Topping a successful year, 33
enthusinsts turned out to the
Prince Rupert Rowing and Yacht
Club annual general meeting last
night In the new elubhouse.,
Continuing top executive of
ficers are Dr. W, 8. Korgin,
Charles Bothom, Dr. J. A. Mac-
donald and Norman Moorhouse,
Re-elected as directors were
Sldney Elkins and Henry Seppa,
with’ one crew member, William
Scuby, ‘added.

Posttions of commodore’ and
viee-commodore will be milled at
& future executive meeting, -

With the complotion of a suc.
Geasful year Nnanclally and pro-
gressively, Dr. Macdonald, elub
secrotury, sald they were look-
ing forward to Increused social
‘uctivity now that the major
building projects are out of the

 

sengers ’ “from. “Brinde’, ‘Rupert: tol

 

‘turn. journey.’
Announcement of the bus ‘de~

will be made at a later.date, Mr.
Anderson said.

 

 

| Ginil servants
still planning
strike Friday

VANCOUVER (CP) — British
Columbia civil servants have
demanded a meeting with the
cabinet before they will call
off a threatened strike sched-
uled for Friday.

The Bw, Government Em-
ployees' Association said oan!
wnnouncement by provincial
Secretary Wesley Black that
the civil: servants would be
granted wage increase recom-
mended by the civil service
commission was unsittisPactory
because it did not specify what
raises were planned,

The association said cartier
the strike would not be called.
off until they received written
promises on the wage in-
erenses,

SOIAPALIDIA IEE ILALALELOLEPOLECOOS

Driver fined $10

A tine of $10 and costs was im-
posed on Peter Yerema, In police
court today when he was charg:
ed with causing a three-car col-
lision by following too close to
the vehicle ahead.

Yerema apparently failed to
stop in time ab the Intersection
of Third Avonua und Kirst Street,
rammed into the car ahead,
pushing tt dnto a third car and
causing wr estimuted $200 dam-~

 

 

 

the Terrace” airport: “and.'a:: ‘bus |.
will: be. waiting’: cat. Terrace | ‘aire
port when, ‘the: ‘Vancouver “pinney’
arrives: from. Sandspit 0 on the. re-

parture time. from Prince Rupert |

inthe basement-of. the ‘Ught-
house with the. rifle nearby. |

“I. Me: Clifford; who. was..

house keeper Remite ‘Emneste 2 Vane, i cor HG:

~My, Vargas, alias Michael Boy-|é

er, died last March 4 at -Triple a
Island lighthouse about 28:-miles}!
from. here, from: a self-inflictéd |:

| gun ‘shot wound by a 30-30 rifle ‘Alexander’ ‘Macken:

 

Y. RCMP ‘constable. J, Ee “Bragg .
* | told:the jury that’ on receiving’a |:
jcall-to the effect that. Mr. ‘Var-

light=]}"

fing”
charge of the: ‘lighthouse’ ‘at: the ao
time of ‘the: shooting, | told the|
‘jury of four days he® ‘went with-|>
out sleep waiting for “assistance

 

    

   
  
 
  
  
 
 
  
  

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
  

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patched ‘to the. scene:
, District. Marine ‘Ag

 
  

 
  

sage that. Mr:.
pletely - ‘mental

   
  
 
  

  
  

"When. asked us oa
why: no. action. Pant a

  

      
    
 
  
 
 
  
  

the. ‘situation..
Mr... “Beketov

 
 
  
 
  
 

patched a. ‘tender to thr scene o
once, which he did’ nm receiving
the second: call: :

   
    
   
 

: reached, * coroner :

with your verdict, a somebody.
-has slipped. up.” :
He said. that, had. prepara>

 

 

and: trying fo prevent Mr. Vargas
‘from: “committing ‘suicide.’ =

fury = ‘two. ‘previous - instances|
when. Mr, Vargas. had. tried to
take. ‘Als t ‘Owit life, ems

 

Mr: “Clifford related to” ‘the!

tions. ‘been m ie Mr.

 
 
  
    
  
  

pert | “from | Guat
| three. “years ago: an

 
     

 

bed. -

The : next day he went. down
to. the engine room and found.
Vargas standing in: a pool: of.
blood) with an cight-pound |
{sledge hammer beside him,
Mr. Clifford said.

Mr. Clifford told the inquest.
that he then took his assistant
back upstairs where he started
to tear “at his wounds to make
himself biced’’.

On Wednesday morning ¢ cut-
ford said he fell asleep and was
awakened«shortly afterwards by
a shot.

He said he ran down to the
engine room, from where the
sound of the shot came and
found Mr. Vargas lying In a pool
of blood,

Text of a letter written by
Vargas to his mother and found
in his room by RCMP road, “To-
day mother I am golng to tan
you about the end of your lost
son,

“I won’t bother you any
longer, today is my end, remem-
ber this date.”

' “Destiny wanted It this way.”

Another note found in Vargas’

room sald “Of all the people I
work with nobody is responsible
for my death,”

On ow bhitd sheet of paper was
found “I’m an invalid, please
leave me alone,” and “Z don't
know why you want to break my
nose",

The letters were all interpret.
ed to the jury by Murio Seceia,
Mr, Vargas came originally from
Guatamadya.

I, M. Cumpbeil, superintendent
of lights for the Dopartment of
Transport, told Coroner George
J, Dawes that he revelved a call
from the lighthouse Sunday
night stating that Mr. Vargas

 

way, age March 7,

had hemorrhaged from the noe

 

An annual Yacht club dance,
crulsyea und plenics for members
aud possibly a winter naviga-
tion course are on the agenda
for the coming year,

A vole of thanks wus passed
to Sten Dldrieksen, yauht ¢lub
varetuker, for his help in tinish-
Ing tho clubhouse ino hls spare,
tine und for his courtesy to
Visiting boatmen, which has
been the subject of correspon-
doncd.

(etREn 4-5 eeenmnnprmge tem ionmiene

Norwegian ship here

A Norwoglan ship, MV Sun-
poalynesla, arrived a¢ Columblu
Callulose Company Limited yes-
terday from Vancouver and will
pulp
vals

The . newly-formed. political
tation and education committee
of United Wahermon and Allied
Workers’ Union in Prince Rup~| ¢
ort will sond telegrama to Prom-
lor W. A.C. Bonnett and Gabor
Minlater Lylo Wiloks demanding
withdrawal of proposed restric-
tive Inbor legislation,

Othere wires wore sont to
William 1H. . Murray; MLA for
Prince’ Rupert, and to loader
of the apposition Robort Stra-|o
chan, Mr. Murray hos beon ask~
ed by tho committee to vote In’
oppoaltion qn the lagislation and

 

tnd 183 long tons of chem

United Kingdom,
The vessel wlao loaded grain in

 

 

 

 

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Vancouver, Mr, Strachan hag boon requested

*

UFAWU to send protests
on new labor legislation

to use iult the means at his dis-
ponal to defent the bill,

The committee alvo drafted a
resolution for presentation -te
tio annual convention of the
UPAWU scheduled tor March 23
in Vancouver, asking all sections
of organized labor In the prove
Ince to consider plans for a 2¢
hour general striko in protest
aguinat tho logisiation.

The resolution will also ask
organtaed labor to involve ttself
tn the political fleld to assure
the election of a government

more fwvoruble toward organized
Jabor 5

Srp eat one et eee

‘He said’ that on.Monday “var. owen
gas was: talking» to himself in tore

  
    
  
  
     
         
   
  
 
 
      
        
  
 
  
 
 
    
      
   
    
 
  
      
  
  
    
    
   
   
      
    
  
   
  
 
 
   
 
 
  
     
    
   
 
 
  
  
 
  
     
   

William. Bailey,” John. Pallister, .
Charles “Currie, : -James* ‘Flelds’ :
Christian Fossum and Max: Sei-.
vert,

 

Th wo months hs jail
for possessing
stolen goods —

A Port - ‘Edward man, Edward
Tilleman, was. sentenced. to two
months in jall today when he
appeared in city police court.on
a charge of possession of: stolen
goods.

Tilleman. entered a guilty-plea
on the charge before Magistrate
BE. T. Applewhalte March 4,:The.
charge arose out of a thert that:
occurred in October last “year.
Court learned that the mater-
jal’ in Tilfeman’s possessidn In-
cluded a duffle bag and. cloth~
Ing stolen from Rupert. Lundri-
gan of Port Edward, and. that
Tilleman had a_ police «record

dating back to 1943, ee fe

Unions. consider .
Strike against

new labor laws

VANCOUVER ‘'O)—-THIK ' 6f
goneral- strike in British Co m=
bin because of the government's
new labor legislation has been
shelved, at least temporarily, by
top provincial union leadars:” -
Tt, is. still a “possibility, that
has not been ruled out,” how-
ever, &. P. O'Neal, secretary of
the BC. Yederation of Labor,
sald Monday night.

More than 34 wires had: been
recelved from local unions
through the province advocating
aUch action aguinst Bil 43, which
lubor officials here have called
the toughest antl-union legisla»
tion In Cunado,. aw bats

{WEATHER—

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Cloudy, cleur periods ‘Wed:
nesday, Showers aguln, Lite
tle change In temperature. .
Winasy veering early Wed~
nesday morning ta ath-
erly 30, Low tonight and
high Wednesday 36 and’ 45,

TIDES— “

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