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in
the
dele-
Meadows,
NY.,
are
Louise
Veaudin,
if
Canada
and
Mrs.
Vijaya
Lakashml
of
India,
chatting
before
a
session
of
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and
largely
unexplored
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s
northland
in
the
years
orcat
War
was
a
vastly
different
oi
the
law
enforcement
system
of
;
roeedy
transportation
by
boat,
land
tensive
communications
network
In!
;oncr,
coi-:
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of
its!
who
was
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the
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virtually
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deeply
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to;
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for
round
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dog
by
car.
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out
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now
nnn
miiu
1li
carloads
or
"t
of
w
catarrt;"?ln5
down.
W
arved
last
week,
HZ
Production
of
time.
outlet,
serving
with
First
City
of
London
Artillery
in
1899-1900
and
with
First
Bedfordshlres
from
1900
to
1904.
In
the
latter
year
he
packed
his
belongings
and
sailed
for
aud!i56ulh
AfT-lea'
where
he"
rntcred
the
famous
South
African
Con-
stabulary.
Though
he
was
to
serve
with
that
force
for
the
full
five
years
of
his
enlistment,
ilt
was
from
it
that
he
got
his
first
hankering
to
see
Canada
for
most
of
the
time
he
was
in
the
Canadian
division
of
the
constabulary
under
Canadian
officers.
Ten
days
alter
his
discharge
In
19C9
Mr.
Parsons
returned
to
England
but,
after
life
on
the
wide
African
veldt,
the
Old
Country
offered
no
excitement
and
he
emigrated
to
Canada.
JOINED
FORCE
IN
PRINCE
RUPERT
For
a
short
time
he
tried
his
hand
at
ranching
at
Blackfalds,
Alberta,
then
continued
west
to
British
Columbia
and
on
March
j23,
1912
Joined
the
British
Col-
umbia
Police
at
Prince
Rupert
ns
n
srwrlnl
onnstnhlp.
His
first
post
was
at
Kltselas
-i
"
on
the
Skeena
River
at
a
time
whenthere
was
plenty
of
work
for
"the
law"
with
construction
of
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway
in
full
swing.
The
following
year
he
moved
to
Terrace
and
in
1914
was
transferred
In
the
rank
of
chief
constable
to
take
charge
of
the
newly
opened
station
at
Fort
c
tu
.,..
.j
"
U
"
at
Pouce
Coupe
and
Hudson
i
Hope,
j
In
those
days
it
took
four
months
to
get
replies
to
letters
from
Victoria,
by
which
time
the
whole
Issue
was
quite
dead.
Police
officers
in
the
outposts
then
had
to
work
entirely
on
their
own,
make
their
own
decisions,
and
report
results
to
headquarters
afterwards.
,
Mr.'
Parsons'
Peace
River
"beat"
was
a
huge
one,
embracing
all
northern
British
Columbia
east
of
the
Rocky
Mountains,
But
there
were
more
miles
than
people.
It
was
all
new
territory,
with
no
schools,
few
white
men
and
no
white
women
the
last
outpost
of
the
West.
He
put
In
three
years
there,
adding
to
an
already
big
storehouse
of
experience,
before
being
transferred
in
the
fall
of
1917
as
deputy
Inspector
for
the
central
Interior
with
headquarters
in
Kamloops.
In
succession
thereafter
he
was
In
charge
at
Prince
fieorge,
of
the
districts
of
'Continued
on
Page
Three)
MINISTER
SEES
SOARING
PRICES
OTTAWA,
0,uFlnance
Mln-lstet
Abbott
predicted
last
night
that
Canada's
official
cost
of
living
index,
now
at
139.4,
might
rise
as
high
as
145,
and
said
that
It
is
now
"pretty
well
recognized"
that
the
post-war
price
level
would
remain
higher
than
that
of
the
pre-war
period.
He
said
that
the
recent
Jump
In
the
cost
of
living
was
to
be
expected,
bceause
Canada
could
not
Insulate
her
economy
"entirely"
from
price
developments
beyond
her
OLD
MAN
DROWNED
Louis
Lobitsch
Fell
in
Hays
Creek
After
Heart
Attack
Louis
Lobitsch,
75-year-old
resident
of
a
cabin
near
Hays
Creek
at
the
western
end
of
Comox
Avenue,
was
found
drowned
in
the
creek
where
he
had
apparently
fallen
while
cutting
wood
at
3
o'clock
Sunday
afternoon.
Lobltsch's
body
was
discovered
in
a
waist-deep
pool
by
a
group
of
boys
who
passed
the
word
along
to
the
city
police.
It
Is
believed
that
he
had
suffered
a
heart
seizure
while
chopping
wood
for
his
cabin
nearby.
He
had
been
dead
only
a
short
time
when
the
body
was
discovered.
The
police
called
the
city
ambulance,
which
took
the
body
to
B.
C.
Undertakers.
The
elderly
man,
who
lived
alone,
was
a
favorite
of
boys
of
the
neighborhood
who
often
visited
htm
in
their
rambles
along
Hays
Creek.
An
axe
was
found
near
the
body.
STRIKE
DATE
"
NOW
AWAITED
Walk-out
of'
Transportation
Workers
in
Southern
Cities
May
Start
on
Sunday
VANCOUVER
fft
Transporta
tion
workers
In
Vancouver,
Victoria
and
New
Westminster
went
ahead
today
with
plans
for
a
strike
which
would
tie
up
street
car
and
bus
service
in
the
three
British
Columbia
cities,
possibly
next
Sunday.
Proposals
for
re-opening
of
negotiations
had
been
turned
down
by
union
officials
and
the
executive
had
been
given
power
to
set
the
strike
date
for
the
walk-out
which
Involves
2,800
workers.
Authorization
of
the
date
for
commencement
of
the
strike
is
being
awaited
from
union
headquarters
In
Detroit.
Nibbling
Termites
Threaten
Toronto
TORONTO
(CPi
Toronto
termites
are
.
on
the
nibble
again.
Those
strange
little
creatures
that
can
tumble
a
mighty
building
are
back
with
latest
reports
of
infestations
in
the
eastern
sections
of
the
city.
Two-score
buildings
have
been
found
to
be
Infested
by
wnat
are
known
as
subterranean
termitestermites
that
live
and
breed
In
the
soil
and
enter
and
feed
on
structural
timbers.
Civic
officials
and
federal
en
tomologists
have
made
extensive
studies
of
Toronto's
termite
r,rrhiom
nnd
are
at
a
loss
to
Stvrwv
"
know
how
they
arrived.
A
large
number
of
trees
have
been
Infested
with
termites
who
tunnelled
up
the
bark
seeking
dead
branches
to
feed
on.
One
of
the
strange
features
of
this
type
of
termite
Is
that
it
will
not
feed
on
live
wood.
One
cottage
was
found
by
ex
perts
infested
with
termites
from
the
ground
timbers
to
the
rafters,
and
the
ground
around
a
school
was
stated
as
"fairly
moving
with
the
pests."
The
termite,
which
lives
in
the
soil
is
termed
a
"useless
Insect"
and
only
the
breeder
type,
which
Is
able
to
fly,
does
the
family
raising.
To
combat
the
menace
the
Immediate
ground
around
the
base
or
cellar
is
soaked
with
a
poisonous
liquid.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Russia
F
avorinq
Bulletins
I'lCKCTERS
ARRESTED
MONTREAL
Twelve
strikers,
the
full
membership
of
a
"symbolic"
picket
line,
were
arrested
today
ouiside
the
gates
of
two
local
packing
houses,
bringing
total
arrests
in
the
packers'
strike
since
yesterday
to
133.
The
arrests
arc
for
picketing
in
defiance
of
an
injunction.
BEVIN
"PROTECTED"
LONDON
A
reported
threat
to
assassinate
Foreign
Secretary
Bevin
alarmed
Britain
Monday
but
Scotland
Yard
dismissed
It
with
the
terse
comment:
"He
is
protected."
HOCKEY
TRAGEDY
TORONTO
A
sombre
note
of
tragedy
marred
the
spectacle
of
last
night's
first
annual
National
Hockey
League
all-star
game
which
saw
Billy
Mosienko,
dashing
right
wing
of
the
Chicago
Black
Hawks,
taken
to
hospital
with
a
fractured
ankle.
The
injury
is
expected
to
keep
him
out
of
hockey
for
the
entire
season.
All-Stars
won
4
to
3.
PALESTINE
TENSE
JERUSALEM
Atmosphere
is
tense
in
Palestine
again
fol-lovipg.,
ncw.
reports
.oi-
troop
concentrations
on
the
frontiers.
A
Jewish
Agency
re
ports
bjtians
on
the
move.
This
is
taken
to
indicate
active
intention
of
the
Arabs
to
take
over
Palestine
when
the
British
forces
move
out.
(JEN.
HAMILTON
DIES
LONDON
General
Sir
Ian
Hamilton,
celebrated
British
soldier,
is
dead
at
the
age
of
ninety-one.
After
forty-two
years
of
service
in
India,
Egypt
and
South
Africa,
he
commanded
the
ill-fated
Gal-lipoli
expedition
of
World
War
I,
being
exonerated
from
blame
in
connection
with
that
disastrous
operation
by
a
Royal
Commission.
He
also
served
in
the
Boer
War
and
figured
prominently
in
the
capture
of
Johannesburg
and
Pretoria.
BAUON
ROTSCIIILD
DIES
LONDON
Baron
Htnri
de
Rotschild,
71-year-old
member
of
the
famous
family
of
bankers,
is
dead.
He
was
also
noted
for
his
philanthropy,
particularly
in
connection
with
research
in
the
field
of
radium
treatment
for
cancer.
HURRICANE
HITS
.MIAMI
MIAMI
Portions
of
Miami
were
under
3
to
6
feet
of
water
and
two
hundred
miles
of
roadway
were
destroyed
by
a
hurriane
which
centred
on
this
city
and
then
moved
off
to
sea.
DAMAGE
TO
NANAIMO
N
A
N
A
I
M
O
Considerable
damage
was
done
by
a
heavy
gale
which
swept
over
this
city
on
Thanksgiving
Day.
BREWERIES
TO
CLOSE
WASHINGTON
Chairman
Charles
Lucknian
of
the
Citizens'
Food
Committee
announced
Monday
that
virtually
the
w?ioIe
United
States
distilling
industry
will
close
down
for
sixty
days
on
October
23
to
conserve
grain
for
shipment
to
Western
Europe.
AIR
PASSENGERS
To
Sandsplt
J.
B.
Jalbert,
H.
Eliot,
Mr.
Sundey,
F.
Martin.
P.
Dvornik
returned
to
the
city
on
the
Princess
Adelaide
yesterday
afternoon
from
Vancouver
where
he
went
to
receive
treatment
at
Shaughnessy
Military
Hospital.
Joins
TAXI
.
235
.
Phone
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AD
HIOIIT
SiBVICE
ctina:
liwl
i.t.i
Third
Ave.T
m
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
240.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
OCTOBER
14,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Giant
Flying
Boat
Is
Down
In
Atlantic;
69
Persons
Safe
LONDON
(CP)
A
giant
United
States
Boeing
flying
boat,
belonging
to
American
International
Air
ways
carrying
a
crew
of
seven
and
sixty-two
passengers
including
at
least
five
Canadians,
today
alighted
without
damage
in
the
North
Atlantic
1400
miles
west
of
Eire
and,
after
taxiing
two
miles
through
35-foot
seas,
safely
transferred
'
'
all
passengers
to
a
weather
ship.
p.
m
trrr
The.
aircraft
had
started
itslljllMK
MlIlKr
juuuibj
w
inn
..v...
uii
Dorset,
England,
and
left
Shannon,
Eire,
at
9
pjn.
Greenwich
Time
-last
night
for
Gander,
Newfoundland.
Marine
Disaster
Sea
Tragedy
Down
Coast
Five
Drowned
As
Gulf
Lines
Motor
Vessel
Hits
Rock
:
i
VANCOUVER
Five
persons
were
.drowned
when
they
were
trapped
in
the
Gulf
Line's
Ltd.
coastal
motor
passenger
vessel
Gulf
Stream
as
It
crashed
full
speed
on
Dinner
Island,
eight
miles
north
of
Powell
River,
at
8:20
Saturday
night.
The
vessel
heelecHer
and
wate,r..
quickly
poured
into
the
cabin,
the
five
passengers
never
having
a
chance
to
escape.
Twelve
other
passengers
and
crew
of
22
of
the
142-foot,
vessel
were
rescuedand
taken
to
Powell
River:
The
ship
Is
now
fast
on
the
reef
with
bow
high
up
on
the
rock,
stern
under
water
and
a
9-degree
llst.
The
body
of
one
of
the
five
victims
was
recovered
last
night.
Divers
brought
up
the
body
of
Mrs.
S.
Fleck
of
Refuge
Cove
from
the
stern
lounge
where
company
officials
said
one
other
person,
Jean
Pavid,
aged
one-and-a-half,
of
Refuge
Cove,
was
drowned.
The
other
three
persons
were
trapped
In
a
stateroom.
They
were
Mrs.
K.
Elliott,
her
son,
Lyle,
two
years
old,
and
Douglas
Lipsett,
all
of
Van
couver..
The
salvage
tug
Salvor
is
on
the
scene
to
begin
operations
to
recover
the
bodies
but
a
strong
westerly
wind
was
hampering
the
work
today.
The
ship
was
enroute
from
Lund
to
Powell
River1
through
a
narrow
passage
when
she
mounted
the
precipitous
and
barren
Dinner
Rock,
plunging
the
after
section
under
water
almost
immediately.
Eleven
persons
who
were
in
jured
received
only
minor
cuts
and
bruises
as
they
leaped
from
the
vessel
and
clambered
to
safety
up
the
jagged
rock.
'
NEW
SPEED
MARK
MADE
Vancouver
to
Montreal
in
Six
Hours,
52
Minutes
MONTREAL
Establishing
a
new
flight
record
for
the
distance,
a
TransCanada
Air
Lines
North
Star,
with
Rt.
Hon.'C.
D.
Howe,
minister
of
reconstruc
tion;
H.
J.
Symington,
C.M.G.,
K.C.,
president
of
TransCanada
Air
Lines,
and
seventeen
other
passengers,
landed
at
Montreal
airport
Monday
evening
from
Vancouver.
The
2,345-mlle
flight
between
the
two
citlse
had
taken
only
six
hours,
52
minutes,
clipping
one
hour
and
48
minutes
off
the
previous
mark.
Average
speed
maintained
was
342
miles
per
hour
at
an
average
altitude
20,000
and
maximum
of
23,000
feeti
Capt.
Herbert
W.
Seagrlm
was
pilot
with
Capt.
Bernard
W
Rawson
as
co-pllot
'
TTTTTTTlr
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CatS
f
United
States
In
Pa
I
est
i
COMMENCES
Even
as
It
Does,
$100,000
Fire
Destroys
Mill
in
West
Kootenay
SOUTH
SLOCAN
0)
Smoking
embers
of
a
$100,000
suspected
incendiary
fire
sent
long
pillars
of
smoke
soaring
Into
the
West
Kootenay
sky
today
as
the
first
of
a
series
of
hearings
opened
into
the
40-year-old
strife
In
British
Columbia's
Doukhobor
I
settlements.
Special
Commissioner
Judge
H.
J.
Sullivan
of
New
Westminster
opened
a
three-day
hearing
while
British
Columbia
provincial
police
and
fire
offlclalls
commenced
an
In
tensive
investigation
Into
the
cause
of
the
lire
that
destroyed
the
Taghum
Lumber
Co.'s
mod
ern
planing
mill
at
Taghum,
about
13
miles
northeast
of
here
and
five
miles
southwest
of
Nelson.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
October
15,
1947
High
1:51
21.5
feet
13:54
22.6
feet
Low
7:49
4.2
feet
20.16
1.9
feet
ARE
LEAVING
FOR
NORWAY
The
Scandinavian
-
American
Line
vessel
Stavangerfjord
will
carry
11
Prince
Rupert
people
of
Norwegian
background
to
visit
their,
homeland
when
she
sails
from
New
York
on
October
25,
some
of
them
returning
to
Norway
for
the
first
time
in
a
quarter
of
a
century.
The
October
25
sailing
will
be
the
second
in
which
the
veteran
trans-Atlantic
vessel
has
carried
a
substantial
group
of
local
people.
In
August,
she
carried
22
who
are
now
visiting
friends
and
relatives
in
Norway.
The
group
which
will
sail
next
week
will
leave
Prince
Rupert
pn
Friday
night's
train.
Travel
arrangements
were
made
by
Dybhavn
&
Hanson,
local
agents
for
the
Scandinavian-American
Line.
They
will
disembark,
at
Oslo.
Those
who
have
arranged
to
leave
Friday
are
Hans
J.
Petersen,
Haakon
SJoberg,
BJarne
TBerg,
Ivor
Wilson,
Olof
E.
An-
HrnnQcon
TfanVnn
Malnps
AypI
Aasund,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Carl
Strand
and
Elnar
Somes.
Marlus
Fredriksen
of
Bella
Coola
has
a
reservation
sail
on
the
Stavangerfjord
on
De
cember
26
for
his
native
Nor
way.
Rt.
Rev.
James
B.
Gibson,
Bishop
of
Caledonia,
and
Vcn.
Archdeacon
E.
D.
Hodson
left
on
tfie
Princess
Adelaide
Monday
night
for
a
trip
to
Vancouver
on
ecclesiastical
business.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
George
Murray,
who
have
been
on
a
vacation
trip
south,
returned
to
the
city
from
Vancouver
on
the
Chllco-tin
Sunday
afternoon.
VANCOUVER,
tt
Yanko
Bra-yovltch,
well
known
Montenegrin
sculptor,
Is
completing
a
larger
than-life
bust
of
the
late
Senator
Gerry
G.
McGeer
In
bronze
to
be
placed
in
Vancouver's
city
hall.
ne
Partition
WINDSORS
ARE
NOT
INVITED
LONDON
tn
Secretary
of
the
Duke
of
Windsor
stated
today
that
the
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Windsor
had
not
received
an
Invitation
to
the
wedding
of
Princess
Elizabeth.
The
Duke
said
that
he
would
not
attend
the
redding
unless
the
Duchess
was
invited.
The
Duke
has
not
appeared
at
any
official
government
or
royal
function
in
Great
Britain
since
he
abdicated
11
months
after
his
accession
to
the
throne
in
1936.
NEW
HOMES
BEING
BUILT
OTTAWA
More
than
70,000
new
homes
will
be
completed
In
Canada
this
year
and
a
still
larger
number
will
be
built
next
year,
George
Mcllralth,,
MP.,
Parliamentary
assistant
to
Rt.
Hon.
C.
D.
Howe,
minister
reconstruction
said
today
Building
materials
are
now'
j
flowing
more
freely,
Mcllraith
added,
stating
that
the
main
difficulty
was
shortage
of
serviced,
land.
The
government
was
co-operating
'
wltr""fc"5mmunities
and
urging
them
to
construct
sewer
ano
services
to
permit
expansion
of
home
building.
GREATEST
STORM
THANKSGIVING
RAIN
AND
LIGHTNING
The
Weatherman
was
at
his
boisterous,
autumnal
best
over
the
Thanksgiving
week-end,
marshalling
winds
of
gale
force
which
liurled
down
torrents
of
rain
periodically
between
Saturday
and
today
in
his
first
real
test
of
strength
of
the
season.
The
storm
left
the
city
dripping
but
undamaged.
Purse
Snatched
As
Mother
Bathes
Babe
TERRACE
As
Mrs.
Robert
llamer
was
bathing
her
baby
In
the
kitchen
of
their
home
here
Sunday,
an
Intruder,
while
her
back
was
turned
when
she
went
for
a
moment
into
an
adjoining
room,
entered
the
house,
snatched
a
purse,
extracted
the
small
amount
of
money
It
contained
and
made
his
getaway.
Mrs.
Ha-mer
glimpsed
the
back
of
the
sneak
thief
but
is
not
so
sure
she
could
Identify
him.
PIONEER
OF
ALICE
ARM
Martin
Krall,
pioneer
of
the
Alice
Arm
district,
died
in
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
I
Sunday
evening
at
the
age
of
75.
He
had
been
in
hospital
sines
shortly
after
coming
to
Prince
Rupert
six
weeks
ago.
Born
In
the
United
States,
Mr.
Krall
went
to
the
Alice
Arm
district
In
1905
where
he
worked
mainly
as
a
logger
until
his
re
tirement
some
years
ago.
He
had
property
In
Alice
Arm,
where
he
lived
and
grew
a
small
garden
during
his
later
years.
He
was
admitted
to
the
Pio-
neer
Home
here
when
he
came
frnm
Allrp
Arm
hut.
hppmisp
nf
his
health,
was
placed
In
hos
-
pital
a
week
later.
He
was
un
-
married
and
has
no
known
relatives
hereabouts.
Rev.
V.
Graham,
Pentecostal
Assembly
pastor
at
Terrace,
arrived
in
the
city
on
Saturday
right's
train
from
the
interior
to
conduct
the
induction
here
Sunday
night
of
the
new
local
pastor,
Rev
Paul
A.
Barber
RARE
INSTANCE
OF
AGREEMENT
IS
WITNESSED
LAKE
SUCCESS
(CP)
Russia
yesterday
joined
with
the
United
States
in
offering
support
of
basic
principles
embodied
in
the
majority
report
of
a
special
United
Nations
commission
which
recommended
partition
of
Palestine
between
the
Jews
and
Arabs.
This
rare
instance
of
Russia.
'going
along
with
the
United
States
brought
an
immediate
statement
of
gratification
from
the
American
delegate,
Herschel
Johnson.
The
Jewish
Agency
haa
also
expressed
Its
satisfaction.
THE
WEATHER
Forecast
Ptince
Rypert,
NoVth
Coast
and
Queen
Charlottes
Rain,
becoming
Intermittent
this
.
afternoon
and
tonleht.
Wednes-
ofday,
overcast
with
showers.
Southern
section
southeasterly
(35
m.pji.)
today,
decreasing
to
southerly
(15)
this
evening.
Northern
section
Southeasterly
(35),
decreasing
to
southerly
(20)
this
afternoon.
Little
change
in
temperature.
Lows
tonight
and
l(ghjt
Wednesday-At-Porjt'
Hardy
45
and
54,
Massett
43
and
55,
Prince
Rupert
45
and
55.
OF
SEASON
BRINGS
Antics
or
the
weather
even
included
thunder
and
lightning
which
flashed
and
roared
at
1
a.m.
Monday
in
a
freak
display
that
was
soon
washed
out
In
a
blanket
of
rain.
The
wind
reached
its
maximum
velocity
early
in
the
sj!orrn
between
2
and
3
o'clock
Siturr
day
afternoon
when
It
howled
from
the
southeast
at
33
miles
an
hour,
wrenching
the
occasional
display
sign
from
Its
moorings
and
making
life
mlsts
able
for
shoppers.
-
Communications
lines
witrj
stood
the
gale
and
rain
although
the
city
telephone
department
reported
that-
a
few
telephones
were
out
of
order
as
a
result-
of
water
seeping
through
the
cable.
Insulation.
Violence
of
the
weather"
affected
attendance
at
Thanksgiving
services
Held
in
the
city's
churches
on
Sunday,
keeplng.ln
their
homes
many
communi
cants
who
otherwise
woud
have
attended.
Rainfall
during
the
period
from
4
a.m.
Saturday
to
4
o'clock
this
morning
was
3.33
Inches,
according
to
the
Digby
Island
meteorological
station.
Heaviest
rainfall
was
on
Sunday
when
1.25
mlnches
fell.
Rainfall
on
Saturday
was
1.06
Inches
and
last
night
It
was
1.02
Inches
Forecast
this
morning
was
for
southeast
gales
up
to
40
miles
an
hour
in
exposed
areas
with
!the
veering
to
southerly
ltt,"J
"""w
"
up
10
mis
morning,
uuie
were
no
reports
of
boats
In
difficulty
as
a
result
of
the
storm.
Practically
all
fishing
vessels
of
the
Prince
Rupert
fleet
are
in
port
here.
Some
parties
went
hunting
and
were
delayed
In
getting
back
home.
One
party
had.
a
trip
to
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
ir
mind,
r
if!
til