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were
var-
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from
outright
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to
quaiiiicu
on
halibut
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States
was
:snt
a
pound
tt
tariff
re-
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the
offl-fpvir'on'
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that
the
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a
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the
$w
American
prices
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thousand
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we
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a
carload
of
25.
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would
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the
American
per
thou-
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fhanges
was
fa-
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that
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was
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srpn
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Czechoslovakia,
India
and
Norway.
V
United
Slates
quota
on
Canadian
cattle
Is
enlarged
from
225,-000
to
400,000
annually
and
on
calves
from
100,000
to
200,000
.
United
States
duties
is
sliced
from
6s
to
3c
per
pound
on
beef
and
veal
fresh,
chilled
or
frozen.
United
States
duties
are
halved
on
almost
all
Canadian
woods
and
wood
products
exported
to
that
country.
Duties
on
some
woods
are
re-
t
iduced
by
France.
India.
Belgium.
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utiwa
bourg.
Cod
fillets
are
a
major
exception
to
the
50
per
cent
duty
reduction
on
many
Canadian
fish
products
going
to
the
United
States.
The
United
States
duty
on
.-Viat
flrtiir
1
rut
frnm
SI
f)4
t.n
Some
declined
j
52c
per
barrel.
The
United
States
111
Until
they
duty
on
coarse
grains
is
halved,
a
Cnr
to
make
,
United
States
duty
on
canned
,1
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of
the
and
dried
apples
are
reduced
u
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broker
in
.ilea
the
U.
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;
fish
to
the
v'j'i
approval
i::.
myself."
he
;ri
reductions
Canada.
The!
r!d
have
come
per
cent
and
the
duty
on
fresh
apples
is
cut
from
15c
to
12V2C
per
bushel.
Various
reductions
arc
effected
by
France,
Norway,
Czechoslovakia,
Belgium,
the
Netherlands
and
Luxembourg.
Butter
duty
is
cut
by
the
United
States
from
14c
to
-7c,
per
poundr-
United
States
duties
are
cut
in
half
on
all
live
poultry,
all
dressed
poultry
except
turkey
and
on
baby
chicks
and
canned
chicken
United
States
duties
on
whisky
;
.
and
gin
are
reduced
substan-
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and
Cola;
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pnn-iHinn
sped
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lilt;
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a
comment
,
h
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000
per
year.
CONCESSIONS
BY
CANADA
Canada
wipes
out
Its
50c
per
ton
duty
on
anthracite
coal
and
cuts
the
duty
on
bituminous
from
75c
to
50c.
Duties
arc
lowered
to
match
United
States
levels
on
live
cattle
t,nd
hogs,
beef,
veal,
baby
chicks,
shell
eggs,
cheese,
barley,
oats,
rye
and
bay.
Duties
on
many
primary
sieei
products
are
lowered.
Machinery
for
use
in
logginj
operations
is
dropped
irom
15
to
12'a
per
cent
duty.
Present
Canadian
duties
on
automobiles
arc
bound
against
increase.
Duties
on
many
articles
01
household
equipment
are
reduced
Including
refrigerators,
washing
machines,
electric
light
fixtures
The
duty
on
tea
is
dropped
from
8c
to
6c
per
pound
and
on
green
coffee
from
3c
to
2c.
The
System
of
tariffs
on
fresh
fruits
and
vegetables
is
changed
to
give
consumers
greater
access
to
Imported
products
and
at
the
sametlme
protect
Canadian
producers
during
their
own
seasons.
Reductions
are
effected
on
cer
tain
processed
fruits
and
vegetables
Including
peaches,
pears,
apricots,
pineapple,
Jellies,
Jams
and
marmalades.
Duties
are
lowered
on
several
varieties
of
fresh
and
processed
fish
and
lobsters
are
out
on
tna
free
list.
The
suzar
rate
is
unchanged
but
rates
on
sugar
products
are
lowered.
Duties
on
tobaccos,
cigars
ana
clearettes
are
reduced.
On
Uni
ted
States
cigarettes
the
rate
is
reduced
from
$3
per
pound
plus
15
per
cent
to
$2
per
pound
plus
15
oer
cent.
Duties
on
spirituous
liquors
are
rprinr.ed
eenerally
by
varying
amounts.
Canada
extends
duty
reductions
on
some
125
textile
products,
both
for
Empire
countries
and
other
signatories.
These
reductions
cover
cotton.,
other
vegetable
fibres,
wools,
rayons
and
other
synthetics
and
silks
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL'
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Coast
as
Month-Old
Transit
Strike
muds
NAMED
C.C.F.
CANDIDATE
Owcli
Jones
in
Yale
Federal
Field
Aainst
W.
A.
C.
Bennett
Yale
constltuenc7
In
the
forth
coming
federal
by-efectlon
to
choose
a
successor
to
Hon.
Grote
Stlrllne.
Progressive
Conserva-
VANCOUVER
The
rumble
of
street
cars
was
heard
in
Vancouver,
New
Westminster
and
Victoria
today
for
the
first
time
in
more
than
four
weeks,
marking
the
end
of
the
transit
strike
which
has
snarled
transportation
in
the
west
coast
cities':
since
mid-October.
PENTICTON
(P
Owen
L
J
ones
Decision
of
the
Street
Rail-
of
Kelowna
was
nominated
Sat-
j
waymen's
Union
to
end
the
urday
as
C.C.F.
candidate
for
strike
was
announced
last
night
I
following
a
vote
of
the
member
ship
which
saw
2.169
ballots
cast
In
favor
of
returning
to
work
and
360
against.
J
tlvejetljedV
,
yiyThesqtuement
,
gives
-
a
isc
Jones
will
be
opposea
Dy
w
A.inouriy.
mcrease
mm
u
""s
C.
Bennett,
Progressives
Conser-
j
In
the
46-hour
week
which
a
vative.
j
union
spokesman
said
wo.uld
be
No
Liberal
candidate
has
yet
1
brought
up
again
when
contract
been
selected.
1
renewal
is
negotiated.
LANGELEECRAG
CREW
MEN
FIGHTING
i""
s
in.
r-
AlllllAT
in
MIT
I
All
ted
states
from
1,500,000
10
z.auu,-
iLyllililJIi
I
ANN
I
A
I
III
I
IINM
LAlUJUIVL;
VHII1IVI
LHJI
WW
I
I.WI1W
HALIFAX
(R
"Only
thirty-six
hours
to
save
their
lives."
This
was
the
message
that
was
passed
to
rescuers
today
as
plans
were
made
to
speed
a
United
States
Coastguard
cutter
to
Sacred
Island
on
Newfoundland's
northern
tip
where
some
35
shipwrecked
sailors
are
fighting
the
effects
of
exposure.
Prince
Rupert
-bom
Wireless
Operator
Eyolf
Stockland
re
turned
to
the
broken
vessel
from
the
beach
to
send
out
the
new
appeal
Jor
help.
The
crew
men
were
suffering
badly-
from
the
effects
of
exposure,
he
said.
The
seamen
are
hanging
grimly
to
life
after
losing
one
shipmate
when
the
4.900-toh
freighter
Langleecrag
smashed
aground
and
broke
in
two
on
Saturday.
BRACKEN
TO
BE
CANDIDATE
Expected
to
Receive
Unanimous
Nomination
in
Brandon
Today
OTTAWA
CPPolltlcal
observers
In
Ottawa
feel
that
John
Bracken.
Progressive
Conserva-
party
leader,
will
have
no
dliti-culty
In
carrying
the
convention
in
Brandon
today
when
a
candidate
will
be
nominated
to
represent
that
constituency
for
the
party
in
tne
next
geneiiu
Word
reaching
here
indicates
that
Mr.
Bracken
will
be
unopposed
at
the
convention.
He
has
nireadv
declared
his
Intention
of
accepting
the
nomination
If
lt
is
offered
to
him
by
the
convention.
Mi;..
Bracken
now
represents
the
Manitooa
constituency
of
Neepawa
but
that
riding
is
scheduled
to
disappear
at
the
next
general
election
under
provisions
of
a
redistribution
act
passed
at
the
last
session
of
parliament.
The
Brandon
riding
now
Is
held
toy
J.
W.
Matthews,
a
Liberal
who
has
been
in
the
commons
since
1938.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
November
19.
1917
High
6:05
16.6
feet
17:22
17.0
feet
Low
11
41
11
-
feet
Authority
On
Fishing
May
Be
Turned
Over
to
,
Province
Hag
Limit
for
Sport
Fishermen
VICTORIA
m
Sportsmen
fishing-
in
tidal
waters
off
British
Columbia,
may
be
limited
to
five
salmon
a
day
and
ten
grilse,
it
was
learned
during:
the
.week-end
Such
regulations
arc
under
consideration
by
the
federal
Department
of
Fisheries.
It
is
also
indicated
that
the
department
is
considering
I
placing-
fishing
in
coastal
tidal
waters
under
provincial
fisheries
administration.
FIVE
DIE
IN
TAVERN
BLAST
Explosion
and
Fire
Saturday
Night
In
Tampa,
Idaho
NAMPA,
Idaho
B
An
explo
sion
in
a
crowded
resturant
tavern
Saturday
night
killed
five
persons
and
Injured
nearly
fifty
others.
The
blast
was
believed
to
have
been
caused
by
a
restaurant
gas
range.
PREMIER
STRIKE
OVER
STEWART
A
three-day
strike
at
the
Silbak-Premier
mine
over
strike
fund
deductions
has
ended.
L
'a
TO
iyp
Miuni
gund:
cv
imtel.
Third
Ate,
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
269.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
TUESDAY,
.NOVEMBER
18,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
MANCHESTER
.CITY
HIGH
ON
ROCKS
IN
ST
LAWRENCEThe
liner
Manchester
City,
which
went
aground
92
miles
below
Quebec
City
during
a
heavy
fog,
Is
photographed
high
on
the
rocks
in
the
St.
Lawrence.
There
was
no
one
injured
aboard
and
rescue
was
conducted
by
the
coaster
North
Pioneer
which
took
passengers
to
Montreal.
The'liner
will
probably
be
pulled
off
the
rock
by
salvage
tugs.
Street
Cars
Rumbling
Attain
in
Cities
Down
AWARD
FOR
BEST
STORY
Margaret
Ecker
Francis
Gels
Prize
For
Best
News
Handling
OTTAWA
Margaret
Ecker
Francis,
Vancouver
newspaper
woman,'
won
the
Canadian
Wo
men's
Press
Club
1946-47
mem
orlal
iriward,
it-.
is
announced
The
award
a
gold
medal
of
$100
will
jbj
presented
In
..British
Representing
the
best
hand
ling
of
a
Canadian
news
event
and
competed
for
by
newspaper,
radio
and'
magazine
writers
throughout
the
Dominion,
the
prize
was
given
for
Mrs.
Francis
Nostalgia
"
published
in
Chatelaine
Magazine
last
November.
It
dealt
with
the
homcslckeness
I
of
former
ex-service
men
and
I
women
for
far
places
In
which
I
they
had
served.
Dorothy
Llvesay,
also
of
Vancouver,
won
an
honorable
mention
for
her
"Canada's
Japanese
Problem"
in
the
Toronto
Star
Weekly.
PT.
ALBERNI
HOTEL
FIRE
5100,000
Loss
When
Hostelry
Burns
People
Injured
In
Jumping
PORT
ALBERYI
P)
Eight
were
injured
and
damage
esti
mated
at
more
than
$100,000
was
caused.
early
today
when
fire
destroyed
the
King
Edward
Hotel
here.
There
are
no
known
fatalities
although
several
.persons,
Including
the
proprietors,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Roscnbloom
and
their
two
daughters,
as
well
as
several
guests,
were
Injured
In
Jumping
in
their
night
attire
as
far
as
20
feet.
The
39-room
frame
structure
was
fully
booked
and
the
guests
escaped
In
night
attire,
some
jumping
as
far
as
20
feet
to
the
ground
below.
The
fire
broke
out
at
2:30
a.m.
DEP'T
STORE
HOLOCAUST
Forty-two
Persons
Dead
as
Result
.of
Conflagration
in
New
Zealand
City
CHRISTCHURC1I,
New
Zea-
I
land
(
Forty-two
persons
were
counted
dead
or
missing
today
In
a
spectacular
fire
which
destroyed
the
four-storey
Ballan
tyne
Bros,
department
store,
largest
retail
establishment
in
the
city.
Twenty-eight
bodies
were
recovered,
mostly
around
the
doors.
A
twenty-ninth
victim
died'
In
hospital
and
thirteen
are
misalng.
Cause
of
the
fire.
which
started
In
the
store
rest
aurant
has
not
been
determined
SIAMESE
PLOT
IS
FRUSTRATED
Would
Replace
Constitutional
JMonarchy
With
Republican
Government
BANGKOK
(AP)-The
military
command
today
arrested
a
group
of
individuals
it
faid
was
plotting
to
overthrow
the
government
set
up
in
last
Sunday's
revolt
and
replace
the
constitutional
monarchy
with
a
Republican
goverpment.
Lt.
Oen.
Phin
Cunhawn,
deputy
supreme
commander
of
the
armed
forces,
said
the
group
set
November
30
for
the
attempt,
and
also
planned
to
prevent
the
return
of
19-year
old
King
Phu-
miphon
Adulet
from
Switzerland.
It
was
anhounced
last
Wednes
day
that
on
the
suggestion
of
Field
Marshal
Pibul
Songgram,
the
wartime
premier-dictator
who
led
last
Sunday's
revolt,,
an
invitation
was
being
made
to
the
King
to
return
home
immediate
ly-
Mandatory
Halibut
1
Restrictions
Sought
Meeting
of
the
Deep
Sea
Fish
ermen's
union,
called
ler
Sun
day
night
to
consider
routine
business,
was
postponed
tor
a
larger
attendance.
The
local
TODAY'S
STOCKS
Courtesy
S.
D
Johnston
Cn.
I.M.
Vancouver
Bralorne
12.25
B.
R.
Con
051
B.
R.
X
.08
Cariboo
Quartz
2.95
Dentonia
.21
Grull
Wihksne
052
Hedley
Mascot
1.14
Minto
02Vi
Pend
Oreille
2.20
Pioneer
4.15
Premier
Border
.05V2
Privateer
41
Reeves
McDonald
1.10
Reno
13
Salmon
Gold
27
Sheep
Creek
1.10
Taylor
Bridge
45
Taku
River
68
Congress
032
Pacific
Eastern
07
Hedley
Amalgamated..
.03
Sllbak
Premier
70
Oils
A.
P.
Con
12
C.
&
F.
2.45
Foothills
2.70
Home
.
4.30
Torunto
Authona
12
Aumaque
-
JO
Beattie
1.10
Bevcourt
-
-
64
Bobjo
14
Buffalo
Canadian
23
Cons.
Smelters
96.50
Conwcst
1.65
Donalda
-
1.20
Eldona
1-30
Elder
:
90
Olant
Yellowknlfe
6.70
God's
Lake
.
1.15
Hardrock
,
40
Harrlcana
10
Heva
35
Hosco
.
57
Jacknlfe
07
Jollet
Quebec
54
Lake
Royan
18
Lapaska
25
Little
Long
Lac
1.90
Lynx
10
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.80
McKenzie
Red
Lake
74
McLeod
Cockshutt
1.95
Moneta
47
Negus
2.36
Noranda
52.00
Louvlcourt
1.75
Pickle
Crow
-
2.85
Regcourt
16
San
Antonio
4.75
Senator
Rouyn
.77
Sherrltt
Gordon
3.25
Steep
Rock
2.20
Sturgeon
River
25
IlHSTAR
I
Austerity
Program
Canadians
Is
Launch
Young
Man
Killed,
Girl
Hurt
In
Crash
VANCOUVER
Maurice
Mo-reau,
aged
23,
was
fatally
injured
and
his
companion,
Ra-mona
Walnsley,
18,
suffered
minor
injuries
Saturday
night
when
their
automobile
went
into
a
skid
and
piled
into
a
house.
Moreau
died
in
hospital
several
several
hours
after
the
crash.
ROYALTY
ARRIVES
Four
Kings
and
Five
Queens
Reach
London
For
Wedding
LONDON
Four
kings
and
five
queens
are
among
the
royalty
who
have
already
arrived
in
London
for
the
marriage
on
Thursday
of
Princess
Elizabeth
and
Lt.
Philip
Mountbatten.
The
first
king
to
arrive
was
Michael
of
Rumania
who
reached
here
For
ed
Living
Standards
Being
Cut
By
Dollar
Saving
Methods
New
Excise
Taxes
on
Semi-luxury
Goods,
Sweeping
Prohibitions
on
Imports
and
Travel
OTTAWA
(CP)
Canudians
face
restrictions
in
living
standards
today
as
the
government
launches
a
dollar-saving
program
embodying
new
excise
taxes
on
semi-luxury
goods,
sweeping
prohibitions
and
restrictions
on
imports
and
pleasure
travel
and
announces
a
$300,000,000
loan
from
the
United
States.
Aimed
directly
at
halting
deterioration
of
Canada's
dwindling
United
States
dollar
reserves,
these
new
economic
measures
became
effective
at
midnight
last
night
and,
although
temporary,
arc
expected
to
continue
for
many
months.
The
measures
came
less
than
four
hours
after
the
government
had
announced
widespread
tariff
reductions
negotiated
at
Geneva
with
seventeen
other
countries.
Official
sources
confirm
that
the
economic
program
nullifies,
if
only
temporarily,
concessions
Canada
is
granted
on
the
import
side
of
the
tariff
arrangements.
The
dollar-saving
program
was
announced
in
messages
by
Prime
Minister
V.
L.
Mackenzie
King,
speaking
from
London,
and
Finance
Minister
Douglas
Abbott
in
Ottawa.
Mr.
Abbott
made
these
disclosures:
Union
is
still
working
towards
.
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.
j.,.
.,
.
a
revision
of
the
international
,
5,
'
"c
a
v.
V,
T
".OOO.OOO.last
1
t
$500,000,000
of
last
Thursday,
halibut
treaty
which
would
make
curtailment
restrictions
-man-
2
Outright
prohibition
has
been
imposed
on
imports
of
a
hatisHk.
W"nrj.R
uai
degree
or
in
some
cases
or
semi-luxury
or
nonessential
type.
These
include
jewelry,
candy,
novelties,
typewriters,
radios,
re-!
frigerators,
washing
machines
and
furniture,
j
3
Immediate
prohibition
is
being
placed
on
importation
of
motor
vehicles
but
this
will
be
replaced
shortly
by
a
restrictive
quota
system.
4
The
quota
system
is
being
applied
immediately
to
classes
of
goods
which
include
oranges,
grapefruit,
lemons,
fruit
juices,
potatoes,
apples,
onions,
all
textiles
except
raw
materials
and
yarns,
all
leathers
including
footwear,
gloves,
leather
garments
and
luggage,
clocks,
watches,
cutlery,
games,
toys,
sporting
goods
and
smokers'
supplies.
5
Travel
restrictions
are
being
imposed
immediately
on
the
basis
of
annual
ration
for
pleasure
trivet
of
not
more
than
$150
per
person
for
those
who
want
to
travel
in
United
States
dollar
areas.
(J
Excise
tax,
to
be
applied
by
Parliament,
is
being
applied
immediately
on
durable
consumer
goods,
whether
domestic
or
foreign-made,
such
as
sporting
goods,
outboard
motors,
pleasure
launches,
firearms,
oil
burners,
motorcycles,
musical
Instruments,
cameras
radios,
phonographs
and
most
types
of
electrical
home
appliances.
The
present
tax
on
motor
cars
will
be
boosted
25,
50
or
75
percent
depending
upon
value.
7
Canada's
$300,000,000
American
loan
has
been
obtained
from
the
import-export
bank
in
Washington
on
short
term
basis
and
the
Dominion
will
now
consider
borrowing
money
from
the
banks
and
other
private
investors
in
the
United
Slates.
'
g
To
stimulate
production,
the
government
plans
to
pay
an
additional
$7
per
ounce
for
gold
production
above
amounts
mined
in
the
year
ended
June
30,
1947.
This
will
bring
the
price
of
gold
for
the
surplus
production
to
$12
per
ounce.
9
Parliament
will
be
asked
to
authorize,
retroactive
to
this
date,
removal
of
the
8
percent
sales
tax
on
electrcity
and
gas
used
in
dwellings,
1c
a
pound
tax
on
sugar
and
reductions
in
the
duties
on
tea
and
coffee.
Mr.
Abbott
said
the
United
States
had
been
Informed
of
the
Canadian
action
and
had
expressed
approval.
'O.M.'
AWARDED
PREMIER
KING
Canadian
Prime
Minister
Lunches
With
King
and
Visits
Princess
Elizabeth
LONDON
(TO
The
King
yes
terday
invested
Rt.
Hon.
William
Lyon
Mackenzie
King,
Premier
of
Canada,
with
the
coveted
Or
der
of
Merit
at
Buckingham
Pal
ace.
The
investiture
was
the
culminating
act
In
several,
hours
which
Mr.
King
spent
at
the
palace.
(
1
The
Canadian
Prime
Minister
had
luncheon
with
the
King
and
Queen,
was
received
alone
by
Princess
Elizabeth
to
whom
he
presented
Canada's
wedding
gift
and
also
talked
with
Lt.
Philip
Mountbatten.
Mr.
King
found
Princess
Elizabeth
"radiantly
happy"
and
very
lnterestel
in
Canada
although
by
plane,
oa
Saturday.
Kin?,
she
could
not
say
when
she
and
Haakon
of
Norway
arrived
late
her
husband-to-be
would
be
able
today
to
visit
the
Dominion,