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-of a mill that in the’ beginning had
flaws which. only a tremendous amount

  
 

5 R. 2 Ay RES
Editor

- of Prince Rupert and Northern. and: Central: British: Columbia. mo he

A member of .The Canadian. Press—Auudit. Biireau ‘of 7 r
Circulation—Canadian Daily: Newspaper Publishers. Association
Published. by. The Prince Rupert Daily. News. Limited | S

a JOHN. F.. MAGOR,
oY President...

"Authorized as “second, close, mail. by. the Post Office, Department.

  

GP, ‘WOODSIDE
General Manager

Ottawa

 

 

_FRIDAY, “JULY. 31, 1959

 

 

“employees of. Columbia Cellulose

Company Limited can rejoice at the
announcement that the pulp. company

had finally made a profit after losing

money. for eight years. It means that »
‘the big mill out at Watson Island has»
finally fulfilled the dreams of the.
shateholders who have patiently, been ‘
pouring money into it year after year.
It also-represents success. for the men

who are responsible for the operation

of. redesigning ‘and equally

ffice in British Columbia by a cancel-.
1dd- bond. fire in Kelowna: on Saturday
“at. least be unique in one’ respect,
in event has not. happened in

_» the province within living memory. It.
-.. is'true that-a B.C. government: wrote-|
off on its books some $80,000,000 of old
_..P.G.E. book-entry debt, but that is not
> the. same thing. In.this instance B.C.
wilh: be cancelling’ ‘some | $80, 750, 000.
~ worth of. direct bonds. the: province has

 

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epurchased, and can. point. to full pro--
vision in. sinking” funds: and invest-_

 

| ments. to meet the balance outstandin; gf.

Premier Bennett’s claim, as: minis-

ter of finance. is that of August | 1 Brit.
. “direct

ish Columbia will -have no.
debt”; and there is no doubt that this
been: substantiated by. the fiscal of-
of the province. It will also be
rever, that at the same date
B.C, Will have the largest “contingent
debt” in its history. Obligations out-
standing in the name of the B.C. Pow-
er Commission, Toll and Bridges
Authority, Pacific Great Eastern Rail-
way, and B.C, municipalities for. capi-
tal school construction, will at the—
same time exceed half a billion dollars.
This. contingent debt is. alsa fully
puayanteed by the treasury, which is
to say the taxpayers,

At the last session the government

said it would retire the cost of the di-

executives and

" Cellulose stock,

Burning the ' “mortgage’

rect, debt this year, and that the prov- a
ince’s contingent | debt would be less.
per capita‘on a. rélative basis than it |
has ever been. - At the same time there -
was $504,000,000. of guaranteed

of the Social Credit adminis-_
on to. mark a-seventh year of.

. © lombls € Cellulose milestone cheering note.
we SP OCKHOLDERS,

bia Cellulose and.its subsidiary Celgar
‘Limited: and shareholders

set its sights on wiping out the accrued

. eight-year. loss of .some $14, 000,000. .
When that day arrives there will be

real cause for rejoicing.

is cheering’ to. the district. because one

of the reasons for it is to pave the way

. Extension - of /
operations means more. construction, - |
large | increased, production, more jobs, more »
amounts of money could:solve. . One of °°
. the major factors in the final success -
: 0 of the mill is the fact the pulpwork ers” of such developments. Yesterday’ san- .
are producing a superior type of pulp - |

~ for which there is a good market. .

oe = Asa result, the parent company has
seen fit to hand the responsibility for. .

oe operation and trading over to Colum-

for future expansion.

“employees and’ more money. Prince.
Rupert. and district can do with plenty -

- nouncement was more than just a mile- 3

stone in the. life of Columbia. Cellulose. a
It was a bright. “ray. of sunshine in an
otherwise cloudy. local ‘economic scene.

es

ot Nn

“direct debt in sight, including new loan

authority ratified at the session; but

‘probably exclusive of some school fi-
nancing which or iginated | later. ©
recent call by. the administration on
school boards to hold down their capi-

“tal requirements: for.the balance’ of the...

“year: was put on the ground’ of. high
borrowing costs in the present money

market, where interest rates are-at a
height they have: seldom reached.

before.

cern over the growth of the. indirect
debt, it also emphasized another fea-
ture of the situation. The direct debt
that is to be retired, or otherwise pro-
vided for, carried moderate average
interest rates. The newer contingent
debt has been incurred. for the most
part on sharply rising money markets,
‘with much higher carrying charges. In
theory the treasury will not have to
meet these costs. ‘In fact, some subsi-

dization of crown borrowing agencies _

has already started.

The really big bonfire for British
Columbia would be one in which _ it
could dispose finally of all of its guar-
anteed liabilities. That will not happen
at. Kelowna tomorrow.

—The Victoria Colonist,

will now —
have or will be able to buy Columbia -
‘Columbia Cellulose is .

“now standing on its own. feet, and can

However, the whole reor sreanization’

in-.

The.

While the warning showed due cone" -

 

 

INTERPRETING THE NEWS”

 

Communists in Kerala seeking martyr role

| | "By GRORGE KITCHEN

: Reports that India's Prime Minister Nehru
if prepnring to dismiss the Communist gov-

ernment of Korala brings to the forefront of

the news a grave situation that has been do-

veloping since the Reds came to power hy

that south Indla state two years ago.

' Stnee that time, blood has been shed more
than onee and 16 persons have been: killed
In no eampalgn waged by oppoaltion palitian)

partios secking the ouster of the Communist .

regime,

" In finally taking n docisive atop against tho *

Reds, Nehru will be acting on the basis of a
27-page “charge sheet" presented to the preal-
dent of India by the Kerala unit of the: Cone
freas party and alleging innumerable Ingtaneas
of Red misrule jn the state. . .

' In brief, the charge sheet neeyses Commun=

dat chief minister B, M, 8. Namboodripnd's ad-

ministration with subverting democracy, dany~
ing fundamental rights guarantesd by tho con-
dtitution, Interferonce with tha working of
the judiciary and delborately upsetting Jaw

“and order,

‘ It altes cnsos from official records to show
that “syatematic and ruthless” mensures are

belng taken by the state government to fashion |
of the Communist:

nn affective dictatorsh!

party. by subordinating the administrative Inte

ehinory. to the party organigation at nl) levels,
Pross. reports published Jn India say that

until three weeks ngo the central government -

eS EH

wan niore-or' lesa Inelined not to take any

apealn) nation, Nehru, it ds anid, had hopen

ys '

* +. Canadian Press Staff Writer

that Namboodripad and the Communist party, of
India would head his advice that mid-term

‘eleations are the only rensonablo way aut of
the impasse,

Now that the Communists have firmly re-
jected mid-term elections, Jt is held that the

 eentrale government would have to decide on

some positive step or other, particularly in
the Night of the thrent of tonewad Violence
An the state,

Commentators suggest the Communiat party
has rejected mid-term olections so that tho
central government would be faced with the
only: alternative of having to advine the proal«
dent to disamias the Red cnhinoet, This action,

the: Reds: hold, would bring “discredjt"” to the

ruling Congross party and the Communist party
could go down as a “martyr party in the causo
of parliamentary democracy,”

Meanwhile, a three-yonr move to Integrate
‘Kerala atate with the adjoining states of Mad-
ras, Andhra and Mysore as a drastic cure for
the chronio political Instability of Kornaln has
hoen rovived by sonic lending politicians.

Thoy foal that if the four states are joined
to form Dakahingn Pradsh, or southern pro-
vince, Communist Influence would. be mint-

mizod, Madras and Mysore aro comparitively — ’

frea from Réd Influence while Andhra'a Com~
muniate have baen having a series of eloctarnl
sotbacks,

The Communist party of Indin hoa de-

“nounced the move ns “outrageous and aginst

the peoples’ wala,”

   
  

  
  
  
  
 
  
   
  
  
 

  
  
  
 
  
   
  
   
 

     
  

   
  
  

 

    
 

  
   
  
  
 

 

IN STARK: silhouett

-- branches ‘ofan ‘old’ tree - add: to ‘the.’ ‘bl
autumn: scene. at Frankfurt, West Germai
age, a “stone crucifix stands: ‘beneath th

by. to: stop, for. prayer. a

      
    
 

    

 

All Aboard with a E Maainore =

the beach ~

‘off the Italia at
“about 7..a.m. and. -made
- way to the customs table at the.

* POOLE,. ‘Dorset—This . is:
fatter and -shinier - England
than.we saw on our’ last visit,
eight years ago.

things. never change:. ‘British

kindness and good: manners, .
and:.the low-pressure; almost.

amateur approach: to’ business

that is common here.

hen: we: got
outhampton
our

‘We. were tired

letter M,- where. our... luggage
was assembled, inside. a railway
station.

An amiable porter moved the
cases up to the ‘customs table

_ and stood by. waiting to. take

them ‘further; a raflway” of-

ficial asked whether. there was.
-anything he. could do to help;

and_a customs officer asked the
routine. questions

ing us over. in that searching.
intuitive way that customs of-—
ficers have.

In- my limited ¢ experierice, 1.

think. that British customs ‘of -

ficers are the politest and’'New —
York customs officers the. rud-_

: Reasonable. and’ friendly .
treatment” ‘from tithe customs.

est.

-is.an important thing for. ‘the

traveller who comes ashore ~
‘tired and harassed. .

The man in ‘charge of hig
gage was doing business from a.

suitcase, with a cheerful and
unhurried air. While I nego-..

.-tiated with him to -have’ a

trunk and two suitcases for-
warded, my two small boys ™
weré standing at the barrier,
coolly. inspecting my mother-
in-law and my wife’s nephew
and cousin, who had driven
down to Southampton to meet

‘Us.

As the e1r swung away from
the station, we had our
look at the Italia. She was a
‘comfortable ship.

Then we were moving past
puffing steam locomotives,
double-decker buses, police in
the familiar tall helmets and
scores of men on bicycles; past
brick walls and gleaming store
fronts,

Last time I saw Southampton
it was a bomb-shattered ghost
of a town. Now most of the
ruins have been swept away,
and streets of handsome flass-
fronted stores built,
few weedy bombsites remain.

The shops are crammed with a
rich assortment. of groceriés :
and appliances, and the streets:

are crowded with cars, |
The hoys cried out with ex-
cltement when they saw dou-

ble-decker buses or one of the .
three-wheeled cars which Brit- |

an makes for the home mar-
cel.

and her nephew, Trevor, and
showed thetr goodwill by
climbing and pumelling them,
even though Arthur was driy-
ng,

"Do ‘you live In a-enstlee’

. Michael asked Arthur, :

We drove on ‘through the-

- Now Forest, that ancient, park-

ike woodland
with open places where the mu

interspersed

wild) ponios wandered, We
brushed off the children's sug-
gestions that we should stop |
and feed the ponies, and take .
one homo with us, bh.
In. Bournemouth, «the post-
war ahabbiness had. given place
to 0 look df wealth and abund-

, ance. A now multi-storey hotel .

had arisen whoro the ahattor~ -
ed wreck of the Unanadowne
usod to ha. The war acemed a
distant memory, Only by |
Abronuows offorts could the
mind eull up: an image of
blackouts, alr raid slyens, bar
had wire and tron ports on the
benches, and thousands — of
Canndian alrmen laughing,
chattering and playing cares
and dico In the bare rooma of
the senaide hatala,

The pier, formerly broken Jn
half to frustrate a possible
Carman Invasion, had been ree
pared, and a paddlo-wheal :

plansure stonmer piled fram §t.

My Uitle boys took off thelr

shoes and socks . :
and: ran: “squealing. with: pleas- Ls

But some>

in ‘a. “mild:
and courteous tone, ‘while look--

last .

Only a.

They decided that they.
liked my wife's cousin, Arthur. NS

 
 
 
  
 
 
 

 

ure along the fine golden sand,
while I ‘sat. back - in’; a: :
chair,. nearly asleep. fee

It. was ‘early;.: Only.” ae ‘fe
mothers, fathers, “dogs”

  
  

and rubber balls. were’.on the
sand. The sea odor, ‘the: sand.
eastles, and the: sound *
English -voices together tlired:
up some ° very. ‘old. memories - of.
my own childhood ‘on a
_ English beach..
John cried ‘when he was’ sep-

  

arated from a boat'which Trev- -

“and*
children. with | buckets,’ spades

umn, :

“- cols Lake, and: only. know. that

     

or had. made for him: out of. -

sand. - Then we werein the car. |.

again on our way to the. home
of my wife’s mother, in ‘Poole,
where we are ta stay. for a- time:

I feel. tired. enough to sleep, for

‘a week,

 

| Northern p

vobletn

Chester ‘Bowles has: forceful-.-

ly. reminded the -Northerners : :
“who smugly ook: upon race re-:-|

lations “as: only. a- Southern

problem. that. discrimination: is ~ ot

a: disgrace, of: Nation-wide pro- .

a ‘portions."=-In a" -commendably eff ect
‘:eandid. speech “before the’ Dis feces.

- trict’s. Health, -Education and’

‘Welfare Conference. the: fresh-

-man Democratic’ Representa-_

. tive from Connecticut, who has
' peen Governor of his.State and
* Ambassador: to. Indiag,.. noted

. that:“in few of our major Nor-

thern. cities do more than 20

“-per'centiof the Negro ‘students .

attend school, with white chil-
dren.” °
Although this de facto ségre-
gation ‘is largely the result of
_housing. discrimination, which
“Mr. Bowles also criticized, the
results can be just as bad from
both an educational and a so-
clal standpoint as legalized.
segregation has been in the
‘South... Mr. Bowles went on to
point out that only 19 states
have Fair Employment Prac-
tices Commissions and that
only 9 prohibit discrimination
in public housing, ‘This beam
in the.Northern eye ought not
- be construed as an, excuse for

. the hatreds and Faubusisms |

which have been loosed in the
- South. ‘But Mr. Bowles js cer-
tainly justified in concluding
_ that ‘nothing ... will. speak
“more persuasively to the South
than a better example among
the too ready. eritics of the

» North."—Washington Post,

 

 

 

 

 

OM UGE. PINOR of the. North:

cL WeNb Territories that -Premlor

‘Bennett ‘has proposed should

‘bo ‘annexed to B.C ia shown

“in’'the shaded aren of tha.
rhap. above, Undér. the pro-:
nara proposal BO; would be-
“‘conie the largest Canadian pro-
Mince lying woat of the 120th
herldian, In exchange, B

 

_Wotld take over fromthe fede |

“aval government full mainten-:

ance of 600 milox of the al

Mahwny within 1.0, °
OP Nowamnn,

“mania TOV Riss

 

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, “OTTAWA More than 200°:

 trailera from the United States’ |.
‘camped recently tn Lansdowne | |...

‘Park hore, Tho 600 American
oceupants were touring Baatern
Canada under the sponsorship

of a bration manufacturer,

)

_reporta’ ‘them all.”
‘great | nosé. for news; ‘country |
“style. Seldom: does. her: col- .

 

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Favorite. newspaper column-
” Ast’ of" “mine ts Aghes: H. Neave

~ who writes the Francois. Lake:
section’ for the Prince Rupert

"Dally: News. |

: Most country correspondents .
are. content to fil). their’ cot-:.”
like ‘

igs

umns:: “WIth » “poGlal:. bits,

~~ OMFS. - Bottomley. Wells.
" spehding a few days with Mr.
-and Mrs, Tiacy:F. Skeffington-

Simitts,”. or with Jengthy ah= -

nual. reports of ‘such, Wortthy |
organizations ‘as. the Happy
_ Friendly; Sewing Olrelé: .

- Not ‘Mis.’ Neave. "She writes’ ’
oa refreshingly: informal col- ©
using all. ‘first... names,
‘like Herb and ‘Joe ‘and ‘Aga;
. tha. Obviously: these people -
are well. Known at Francois.

Lake. and: it 4s “probably Mrs. -

‘ Neave's: ‘contention’: that ‘suf.

: - names are’a waste of time and -

AY BS, and anyway, it is nobody
else’s. business who. they. Bre

ae what: they ‘do.

I've. never :: been to’ ‘Fran-

   

    
   
   
    

  
  
  

“prone...

eo ‘accident: ter:
jeave’s  colum

_ readltie: Mrs.

 

 

years: .
clusion :’-that:. wan ols. Lake,

must: have more accidents. per .
“eapita.”than any. ‘other. set

. Hement’ in’ ‘Canada.
“And. my ‘favorite: ‘columnist |
“She has: ae

umn . appear. without) “such |
items: “aS @. ‘detailed des¢rip-
_.tion of: “why. Jim! ds: now in hos-:

pital.” ‘at. Burns. Lake. and do-
ing pretty, good under: the cir- |

“Gumstances:. He. got. kicked. dn.

‘the head by ‘a horse. Or: how - :
- Pete -had*'a. heart: attack
the wheel. of his truck: ‘and-was

at’

 

: only discovered >: because
. nose came to rest on the horn
. button.

tunate” Mrs. Neave reports. .
' ‘For instance, ‘her latest: cole
_ ed to the. hospital.

 Ghild . was

 

  

-Neave ‘reports, and “the: ‘sales-

   
 

 

oT, didn’t: ‘beliéve
- Neave- ‘would .be™ ‘content. with Bs
“sucha mundane. bit. of. news?

“hy youn: RITODES STURDY.

July 16, 1959;

“This. was, very : for-
‘umn in The Daily News starts

two-year-old grandson,: ‘Mark,
Who: in: her:

just found a bottle of: methyl-

«hydrate and ‘taken a°-couple
: of gdod slugs of the stuff. “He
_; Was coughing “and. throwing”.
his. arms: about, and gasping.

‘for breath”:
: ports. ‘To’my great: relief : she
~ ended: the item. by. saying the...
“none ‘the worse, |

Mrs. Neave © re-

although | we watched him
carefully , for a while.” °°

‘his :

out ‘with a story about ‘her ”

own words, ‘has :
_ been, giving.’ them: ‘rather a”
-wortying time, This is under-
standable «because. Mark ‘had

In a+ change of mood, ‘my:

“ "favorite columnist, .who | ap-

‘parently operates’ a store on

the side, next announced that.
a salesman had: arrived: from

Prince George ‘and during a

~ visit: tio ‘the ‘shop - mentioned

“read “Mrs.
“ey, asked him: .°
MEST Seould “say. that’ he. had }
a: beautiful’ blonde. with: ‘lm.

: hat... vhis*: “wife
.Neave's’ column.

wher =. he’ called in”. “Mrs

Man replied - that “it,-was- okay

  

as” “his | wife,

  

ee

provided’ she ‘didn’t’ ‘write onde 3 Us
He! ‘was’ passing oft the blonde “We

wr ‘This. ‘rathe pr ovocative: tit a:
+ tle item was: followed’ by a-de--
““geptively ‘ordinary, announce-\ |.
-ment:: that: ‘Captain: Stretch.” fe :
“was ‘spending. a month's Holle ae

day at his Francois’ ‘Lake farm. oT

and. I wag right.:“The. Captain”

“she concluded* “noticed.a..de+*.:

_cidedly unpleasant odor around
his farmhouse and following ‘|.
it” UP, found | a'dead horse in pe!

the shed.” no

“her confidence right at
" start. In this day. and
“such ::

‘In The’ Cowichan. Leader, ee

1

The current. column “ends
with a ‘story about’ a--man

-who was thought ‘to. have suf-

fered.a heart attack and rush-
But: the

diagnosis ‘turned. out to be.

wrong. The man. -had double ‘

pneumonia and pleurisy..’
~In*Mrs. Neave’s column. the.
local citizens-are’ always fal-

Nng off roofs or being attack-
- ed by-bears, There is, in: fact,
- Wever. a. dull ‘moment around

Francols Lake.”

I. think * ‘other " correspond-
ents could: do well to follow.

_. Mrs. Neave's lead and pep up

their--news items with’ a. lit-

‘tle drama and perhaps a smat-
tering of ‘blood.

Mrs.
has a’ real touch’ for personal
journalism. ‘and takes you into

reporting | is very re-

freshing. :

Not to: mention ‘that’ it. ‘ér-

- fers ready- ~made -material . for
A. writer: who Ais fust *too* ‘darn
lazy.’ ‘today . ‘to. think up: some-
thing’ of his: own: eee

   
   
    
   

Scoteh. ‘pine. is the: most pop-
ular. Christmas" tree in: ‘Ontario
because, It: holds its. needles

 

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