25
.4
TAXI
and
Ambulance
Service
Anywhere
at
Anyllmc
Stand;
Exchange
Ilulldlnj:
MATf
VI
DECK,
I'rop.
VOL
XVI.
No.
283.
HAROLD
BELL
QUITS
SCHOOL
h,!,lNMV
III
11(111
Mlltltll,
"Til
l'
iti
(
i:ii:n
uirii
iii:iiii;t
I
"V
IIOAUh
VIMI.ItliW
aiti:h(m
'
1
"Penal
meeting
of
the
School
id
vrsterday
afternoon,
the
resigns-"
"'Mid
a.
nell
bf
the
King
Ed-
'"lih
behool
start
was
received
'
t
.
r,
rel
Thf
mlgu(lUol,
ls
0
be-
Active
at
the
end
ot
"the
pre-tai
U
nd
PpUctlous
for
a"
attcces-be
received
and
an
appointment
"
Prlably
before
the
beginning
of
u,e
Nw
Year.
,
HAN(i:ii
iiimm:!.!',
NOrtTH
VANCOUVER,
Dec,
3.-After
ind""
ft"
WwiU'lcatloit
documents
Ppers
in
hit
jKMsesslon,
Eugene
thre
rr
trA
40'
hinftl
hlmWlf
he
,t,y,
8
,n
8
ct)Uae
,,frr
'hpr'
u
(.
lvd
alone
The
botly
was
dlscov-
my
('.ndillMi.
Are
Murh
linprmeil
(Iter
Wittier
A,
J.
lralliointue
lirlHmine.l
ru
Telksta
stanch
-
I
Whiter
ha
aet
in
now
in
the
Bulkley
l
Yalta
but
general
roodKtatt
look
much
I
ocfhlrr
than
tber
did
a
year
ago
ail
.ru
time
atate
A
J
PnMrramme
who
returned
to
town
on
yesterday
after
-
coAa
train
after
having
spent
a
tew
dv
at
bla
ranch
at
Tree
Lake
near
Telkwa
Tie
cutting
la
now
bec-4nlnn
oeral
althoufh
contracta
are
not
quite
a
larg
aa
tome
might
hare
dr-aired
There
la
anew'
on
the
ground
but
the
weather
haa
been
mild
and
plaaaaut
ALEX.
McRAE
LTD.
IS
INCORPORATED
lurul
Printing
lonirrn
li"rinnl
Willi
rapltallMlim
of
slO.txHl
lit
Take
Oirr
.MtlUe
ltri."
Miup
VICTORIA.
Doc
3
The
Incorporation
i
announced
by
the
rsytatrar
of
joint
stock
companies
of
Alex.
McRae
Lta.
with
a
capiuiuation
of
S10.0O0
at
Prlnca
Hupert.
The
new
concern
Is
taking
over
nd
will
operate
In
future
tlw
print-
shop
which
was
formerly
conducted
by
McRae
Bros.
In
Prince
nupcrt.
Aiex.
Mcltae
is
the
prlnpal
owner
and
man
ager
of
the
company.
WIRELESS
REPORT
8
a.nu
DIODY
ISUVND.-Clear,
calm:
barometer
30.10;
temperature.
3J;
ca
amooth.
105
apoke
the
Ypres
Mru
hound
for
Prince
Rupert,
1087
miles
from
Prlnc
Hupert.
7J0
aJn.
spoke
the
SS.
Calala
abeam
Lowe
Inlet
northbound.
DKAD
TREE
POINT
-
Barometer
SO.-60;
temperature
38.
MMIV
DIODY
ISU4ND.
Overcast,
calm:
barometer
30.03:
temperature.
39;
sua
smooth.
DEAD
TREE
POINT.
Barometer
29.-
60;
temperature
39.
STEWART
BACKS
INTERIOR
ROAD
i
turns
(
oMi-i.muN
oi
iiHiinv.w
I
hum.
piiiMTf
itt
i;r:iiT
,tu
MKittti:
A
communication
has
been
received
from
the
Stewart
Board
of
Trade
en-dorslng
the
project
of
building
a
highway
between
here
and
Terrace.
It
was
in
answer
to
letter
sent
out
re-cently
anfelng
the
views
of
various
communities
In
the
district
on
the
matter.
The
letter
will
be
read
at
the
meeting
of
the
Board
of
Trade
tonight.
IKK
KI.Y
fiCHHKS.
Montreal
Canadieus,
3;
Toronto
St.
Pl,'.-:ili-
0.
mu
Next
eek
piomUea
to.
be
a
very
attire
one
along
the
waterfmnt
as
t
far
aa
;he
grain
trade
la
concerned.
-The
freighter
Y'OMfic
ta
expected
in
port
in
two
or
three
days
to
load
grain
and
the
Mrlgen
Mam.
which
Is
now
being
lined
at
the
Dry
Dock,
will
more
to
the
elevator
hart
for
loading
on
Sunday.
The
Yprea
Maru
waa
reported
ttua
moratnc
at
1
o'clock
aa
being
1U67
ml!
from
Prlnc
Rupert
find
wtll
arrive
here
on
Turaday
or
Wrdneaday.
This
iUI'6rt(tC
IM
three
trralaTBs-aeli
Itidlcaied
la
port
-at
tne
same
time
FREIGHT
RATES
CASE
GOES
ON
lAI'tUTf
iaiukmi:
miohs
tiii.hi:
IS
NO
JIMTII'K'ATIOV
Kill
ItltlT-lll
t)l.t
Mill
A
ItllNd
OTTAWA,
Drc.
3--Gradients
on
railway
Itnes
In
British
Columbia
are
no
worse
on
the
whole
than
on
the
prairies
according
to
an
opinion
submitted
to
he
Board
of
Railway
Commlstloners
yesterday
by
D.
O.
Lewis,
rates
expert
for
the
foctflc
Coast
province.
In
the
morning
the
discussion
was
wholly
technical.
O.
O.
McOeer.
K.C..
freight
rates
counsel
for
British
Columbia,
examined
Lewis
and
tried
to
show
that
It
was
as
easy
to
haul
grain
to
the
Pacific
Coast
pons
as
It
was
to
Fort
William.
Lewis
exprrssed
the
view
that
British
Columbia
could
hold
its
own
with
any
other
province
tu
providing
freight
tonnage
tor
ths
railways.
MrOeer
pursued
this
mil
PRINCE
RUPERT,.
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
DECEMBER
3,
192G
point
and
sought
to
show
thit
there
was'
no
Justification
for
a
higher
scale
of
rates
In
British
Columbia.
Evidence
to
support
British
Columbia's
claim
for
equalisation
ot
the
rates
was
placed
on
record
throughout
yesterday's
session.
The
third
day
of
the
final
hearing
In
the
case,
for
and
against
n,
downward
revision
-ot
the
general
rate
structure
was
ended
but
only
a
fringe
of
It
had
been
touched
upon.
It
VI
IS
TOO
IIKill
Mt
MfOeer,
who
had
the
floor
all
day,
placed
on
record
the
submissions
of
his
province
by
examination
and
analysis
of
charts
and
statistics
prepared
by
Lewis
who
was
the
sole
wit-ncMS
of
the
day.
Rates
on
such
DC.
products
as
lumber,
sugar
and
canned
goods
were
dismissed
aud
MrOeer
itotijht
to
show
that
the
rates
from
the
Pacific
Const
on
such
articles
were
too
high.
From
time
to
time,
the
raWs
expert
agreed
with
Mr.
McOeer
that
the
rail-
w
ays
appeared
to
be
making
more
than
a
reasonable
profit
on
rastbound
trai
flc
from
British
Columbia.
I'KMIItAY
UK-IXKCTI'IV
VICTORIA,
Dec.
3.-Curl
Pendraywas
yesterday
re-elected
by
acclamation
as
mayor
of
Victoria.
.
Tills
will
be
bla
third
consecutive
term
as
chief
magistrate
of.
this
city.
Americans
.
having
"an
habitual
residence
ItiFrancc"
must
pay
French
income
iax
on
alt
their
revenue,
whether
derived
from
the
United
States
or
Trance.
export
was
a
matter
for
4
provlneul
authorities.
federal.
not
1
Oecrge
Bucklen.
United
S:a:es
Consul
;
at
Victoria,
formerly
stationed
in
Mexl-
'
co.
told
the
commission
that
the
town
1
4,
)
ot
San
Bias
to
which
-twenty
thouund
1
4,
!
cases
of
1UUor
co.nprlslng
the
cargo
of
1
4.
the
Chris
Moeller
waa
consigned
had
;a
population
of
fire
or
six
hundred
peo
ple.
It
was
fitty
miles
from
tne
railway
-and
located
In
a
sparsely
settled
territory.
Vessels
cf
over
six
feet
draft
could
not
enter
the
bay
uaon
which
the
town
was
located.
Ensenada,
another
mecca
for
liquor
shippers,
was
a
town
of
four
thousand
In
a
very
dry
and
barren
section.
He
said
It
had
no
railway
but
had
automobile
communt-
ALAK.
SALMON'
CONTRARY
1
0
ClStOM
AITIMK
IN
ICY
iiii:k
I'AIKIIANKS,
Alaska.
Hit.
3.
Sl-1111111
hate
tlolalril
the
i-iituiu
of
their
)pcrir
by
aiiHurlng
IhW
winter
In
lev
Inland
untcrt
thus
m-Ing
liiinilreiN
of
Indian
t
the
lower
Yiikmi
from
sturtallon.
At.
Mulato
It
l
reported
that
the
natlte
are
there
ratrhlng
salmon
In
(lie
Ice-i-otrreil
rltrr
with
h
liuled
IhmW.
I
It
fore
I
lie
salmon
err
dlM'orreil
In
the
rltrr
the
footl
Mippiv
of
the
lmllaiii
had
brvn
curtailed
by
the
umiMial
uIim-iht
il
oniall
game.
CITY
OF
F00
CHOWTAKEN
AURIYAL
T
Ol
TlltltN
ARMY
C.OMKS
AS
lli:i.li:i'
Ttl
1'OK-i:i()MUS
"AMERY,
Dec.
3.
The
city
of
Foq
Chow
was
handed
over
to
the
southern
forces
last
night
and
ls
today
bedecked
with
flags
welcoming
the
Incoming
Cantonese.
The
peaceful
entrance
ot
the
kctitherners
relieved
the
Menslon
that
existed
among
the
foreign'
population.
Fear
IS
now
held
concerning;
the'
radical
student
element.
iikah
m:yi:io:i
TENDER
HARBOR,
Dec.
3.
W.
Mur-ray.
aged
40,
a
high
rigger,
was
Instantly
killed
at
a
Jervls
Inlet
logging
camp
north
of
here
on
Wednesday
when
he
was
struck
by
a
cable
which
completely
vtvcml
hU,
head.
PRINCE
RUPERT
Northern
and
Central
British
Columbia's
Newspaper
TKKK.Ui:
MINIMI
COMPANY
VICTORIA.
Dec.
3.
Among
the
companies
Incorporated
this
week
was
the
D.
W.
Mines
Ltd.
with
a
cspltallzatton
of
St.
00.7.-
4
000
and
head
office
at
Prince
Rupert.
The
company
has
been
formed
by
Ex-Ooveraor
D.
W.
4
Davis
and
associates
for
the
purpose
of
developing
and
oper-
4
atlng
mining
properties
at'
Kit-
kumkalum
Lake
and
at
other
4
points
In
the
vicinity
of
Ter-
race.
cation
with
the
California
city
ot
San
4,
4..s,.a,
4.
4i
Diego
across
the
line.
STARVATION
I
ANOTHER
MOVIE
j
ROMANCE
BUSTS
ciiAiait:
ciiai'I.in
Aiivi:uTii;s
that
HK
I
NOT
IlKM'OVMIII.i:
I
tilt
ills
mi:s
in:irrs
HOLLYWOOD,
Dec.
3.
Al
Reeves,
general
manager
of
the
Charles
Chaplin
studio,
said
yesterday
that
he
was
authorized
to
announce
that
the
film
com
edian
would
not
be
responsible
tor
any
further
debts
contracted
by
bis
wife,
formerly
Uta
Gray.
Thus
ls
shattered
another
movie
romance
which
started
In
the
usual
-and
much
heralded
loving
way.
A
noisy
drinking
party
which
roused.'
the
entire
household.
Including
the
nurse
aud
baby,
was
responsible
for
the
separatlou
ot
Charlie
and
Llta,
the
film
actor
announced.
He
claims
that
his
wife
brought
a
party
of
friends
Into
the
home
at
3
o'clock
in
the
morning
and
began
playing
the
piano,
organ
and
Vlctrola
all
at
once
,
and
that
"this
got
the
best
ot
me
so
I
railed
my
wife
upstairs
and
told
her
to
get
rid
of
her
friends
Immediately
tiOIMI
I
OK
(ii)OII
Mrs.
Chaplin
denies
the
party
wni
noisy
and
claims
that
Charles"
camt
downstairs
and
"made
a
big
tusa
In
the
presence
of
my
friends
and
asked
me
to
send
the
guests
away
which
I
did."
She
declared
that
ahe
would
never
go
back
ta
Charlie
aud
that
sho
intended
to
fight
In
the
courts
for
the.
custody
1
of
1
their
two
children.
One
result
ot
the
coal
dispute
ls
to
reduce
the
amount
of
lai.d-up
tonnage
In
Great
Britain
by
5
per
cent.
All
tonnage
Is
required
to
carry
coal
from
the
United
States
and
the
Continent.
"Come
to
Englind
for
Fox
Hunting,"
Is
the
new
slogan
of
the
British
government
to
attract
winter
visitors.
Americana
are
Invited
to
ride-
-and
fall
with
the
Prince
of
Wale.
Circulation
1503
COAL
STRIKE
IS
PRACTICALLY
Utlorney
General
Explains
jGOOD
SHOWING
Sale
435
Coastwise
Liquor
Shipment
CENTRAL
B
C
rermits
and
I
heir
rurpose
i
1
VANCOUVER,.
December
a.
The
Victoria
sittings
of
the
cu&-
jtoms
commission
concluded
last
night
and
the
sejsion
opened
here
'ihi.f
ninftlStiif
AA&tfrflu
Attnrr.fal
lanor-il
Vamnn
Qcr-iln
iram'
an
IMUtldi:
I'AKMEItM
C
APT
IKK
CUXTi;i
TKIZES
AT
SHOW
IX
YICTUKIA
SMITHEBS.
Dec.
3.
The
farm-rs
of
!
explanation
before
the
commission
of
the
issuance
of
iienni.s
fori"18
DulkJey
VMt
alnlT
cuted
the
coastwise
shipment
of
liquor
by
the
Liquor
Control
Hoard
of
the
'
province.
The
sectjon
of
the
Government
Liquor
Act,
which
vided
for
these
tieirnits
and
which
had
been
suggested
by
the
Chief
reports
received
dealing
with
their
entries
in
the
British
Columbia
Potato
and
Seed
show
recently
held
in
Vic
toria,
more
especially
With
regard
to
fratrrnltv.
numerous
aSm
have
been
jInsiK?ctor
of
Custony
at
Ottawa,
was
designed
moie
for
the
purpose
j
their
timothy
seed.
The
showing
madajmade
;
jof
obtaining
information
in
regard
to
liquor
shipments
than
for
the,in
the
timothy
seed
competition
isijj-'u
a
purpces-of
permitting
rtem
-Again
.Mr,
a
''
'deed
'deed
pheneanenal
phmemrnaj
when
when
It
It
Ir
tr
remember-
remember-4
ered
erfd-
Boston
Grill
Large
Upstair
Dining
Hall,
with
newly
laid
dancing
floor,
for
hire.
NEW
SODA
FOUNTAIN.
The
latest
and
best
for
the
least.
Phone
457.
Price
Five
Cents
ENDED
CUSTOMS
COMMISSION
IS
NOW
SITTING
IN
VANCOUVER
Emergency
Regulations
in
Old
Country
Will
Be
Cancelled
Very
Shortly
Conclusion
of
long
industrial
struggle
will
see
many
miners
permanently
unemployed-may
get
agricultural
training
I,'
DON.
lhwnkr
;:.
-The
coal
strike
ia
practically
ended
.
li
nr
nU
that
have
been
concluded
in
the
majority
of
the
coal
i.'
a
'he
government
will
shortly
camel
emergency
regulation
Mi
prohibition
on
the
export
of
coal
will
likely
be
maih-i
some
time
yet.
The
official
estimate
of
the
number
of
:
i-manently
loing
employment
in
two
hundred
thousand
t.
;
add
a
tremendous
burden
to
the
national
unemployment
'.'
re
than
a
million
and
a
half
ersun
are
already
drawing
'
government
ha.
stated
that
it
is
prepared
to
give
favor-
M
conaMerstloii
to
a
scheme
tor
MINIMUM
WAGE
AGAIN
UPHELD
((Hit
OI
ArTKM.
tl(
IHi
11111
ItJ'.vt
t
USA
KHUN
Mt
Jl
Hf
wiu.
tt:
Tiki.N
it
it.
1
IlKK
.
V
Dec
3
DfltMt
OolueaMalt
Wsge
Art
M
upheld
la
idfd
down
jettdy
at
a
of
the
Court
at
Appeal
m
arutac
out
of
ikt
m
R
rtoi
Ai
Itackett
SaaoUUe
ifratihm
of
Mm
new
refU-
D
Parrta.
KC.
who
argued
-
!te
lumbermen
at
the
n
ut
Vancouver
where
Hunter
also
upheld
the
-uld
the
case
to
the
A,
,al
and
aald
ll
aa
the
!n
riienu
to
rarry
the
C
reme
Court
of
Cans
:e
CONFERENCE
OF
RAILWAY
GROUPS
"IIIM,
MAt
ANMII
M
I
II
HH.MIH
-IM;
tOMliUAu;
'
OIIHIU.S
M
hi
ritii;ST.iii;H
or
lllia;n;M(i
mitlklits
Mf"3T.EAL
W.
3
-Rallaay
oftl-
i
"prrtntstlvcs
of
the
fifteen
i
art
uc
Von
and
trainmen
em-
'anadUn
line
returned
nefo-'re
yesterday
In
an
endea
only
settle
U.e
demands
ot
E
r
a
six
per
cent
Increase
r
a
crtiug
possible
strike
In
Thusc
present
at
the
confer-
uncommunicative
last
night.
ururmalion
forthcoming
front
:at
further
meetings
wjuld
'
a
date
which
was
not
men-
training
miners
permanently
unemployed
agnculturuu
with
a
view
to
finding
them
settlement
overu
WINTER
SETS
IN
BULKLE'f
VALLEY
A
UNIQUE
open-air
ihoI
of
wheat
containing
thousands
of
bushels
of
the
1925
crop
in
the
Luella
district
iSackalchewan)
about
six
miles
north
of
the
international
boundary
line.
Without
an
elevator,
the
farmers
in
this
area
are
hauling
their
grain
to
the
new
townsite
which
is
being
laid
out
in
anticipation
of
the
arrival
of
the
Fife
Lake
extension
of
the
C.P.R.
The
pool
is
50
by
100
feet.
(It
I
IV
BOATS
ON
WAY
111
UK
TOPLEY
MINE
DEAL
PENDING
FRANK
TAY1.UK
HAS
LEFT
TOR
M'OKANE
TU
COMPLETE
TUAN.HACTIOX
SMmiERS.
Dec.
3.
The
nqw
famous
j
Richfield
Mine
at
Topley
seems
at
last
to
be
In
a
fair
way
to.
become
:
the
property
of
an
Important
mining
!
company.
On
Wednesday
evening
Frank
H.
Taylor,
the
owner
and
dis
coverer,
left
lex
Spokane
to
make
final
SJTanjjeAenU
'
fcr
placing
the
property
under
option
to
the
Standard
Silver-Lead
Company
of
that
city.
The
transaction
started
with
an
Inspection
of
the
showing
by
B.
N.Sharp,
the
company's
field
engineer
a
little
over
a
couple
of
weeks
ago.
This
was
followed
by
visit
from
W.
H.
North,
the
general
manager,
who
requested
of
Mr.
Taylor
ten
days'
time
to
place
the
matter
before
the
directors
j
of
his
company.
Almost
Immediately
alter
Mr.
norths
return
to
Spokane,
Taylor
received
the
wire
requesting,
him
to
come
.down
and
complete
the.
transaction.
The
terms
of
the
option
as
set
out
by
Mr.
Taylor
call
for
10.000
-i
cash
and
$300
per
month.
The
total
price,
being
42OO.0O0.
Since
this
Topley
discovery
haa
attracted
the"
Interest
cl
the
mtnlui?
that
he"Tiatt
Tnade
-
most'-lm-
Maruon
stated
that
the
control
of
Ilqujr
AXij.j.AiAiA-.AAAAAA
ed
that
thU
phase
of
Bulkier
Valley
I
rxrtrit
find
and
has
held
out
for
an
4,
4,
fanning
ls
practically
In
its
first
year,
j
inithU
payment
that
would
compensate
j
In
this
dlvuion.
the
rirst
five
prizes
ihto
for
the
development
work
already
t
OKMt:ii
jCame
to
Central
B.C.
Charles
Barrett
I
a0ne
on
the
property
icf
Barrett
Lake
getting
first;
John
If
'Xeefe
of
Francois
Lake,
second:
Chas.
1
1
'A.
Chapman
of
Smithers,
third:
J.
L.
:
Davidson
of
Houston,
fourth.
and
,
John
V.
Turner
of
Smithers,
fifth.
The
seed
cleaning
plant
promised
by
the
provincial
department
of
agriculture
a
ihort
time
ago.
has
arrived
In
tjwn
and
has
been
set
up
in
Chapman
&
Chapman's
hay
warehouse
and
the
work
ls
under
way
of
cleaning
and
preparing
for
market
the
192?
crop
of
timothy
seed."
D.
D.
Munro,
representing
the
department,
has
already
sold
the
entire
output
and
the
farmer:
have
fxmtse
of
a
handsome
return.
In
addition
to
the
timothy
seed
prizes
a
number
of
entries
In
the
potato
sections
were
successful
In
winning
prizes
and
also
In
wheat
and
barley.
'
WEATHER
REPORT
Prince
Rupert
Clear,
calm,
temperature.
35.
Terrace-
Cloudy,
calm.
temp.
37.
Rosswood
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
25.
Alyansh.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
23.
Alice
Arm
Cloudy,
calm,
cold,
temp.
37.
Anyox.
Cloudy,
calm,
temp
30.
Stewart.
Cloudy,
calm.
tcmp.
28.
"
Hazelton
Cloudy,
calm,
temp.
20,
Telegraph
Creek.
Cloudy,
calm,
temperature
12.
"
Smithers.
Cloudy,
calm.
temp.
17.
Burns
Lake.
Clsudyk
calm,
temp.
20.
Whltehorse.
Cloudy,
south
wind,
4
below.
Dawson
Cloudy,
south
wind,
"
"-
below.
Big
Salmon
28
below.
10
Seven
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
dollars
ia
gold
is
burled
annually
In
the
mouths
ot
dead
persona
In
Austria
alone,
said
the
Vice
President
of
the
Austrian
Dental
Association.
He
estimate
that
$100.000
000
to
fl50.0O0.000
are
lost
to
the
world
each
year
by
similar
burials.
,
'
':
Britain's
two
new
airships
will
carry
100
passengers
each
a
distance
of
4.000
miles
without
refuelling.-
Heavy
oil
en-giues
will
be
used.
VANCOUVER
'EXCHANGE
Wheat
B.C.
silver
Dunwell
Olsdstone
Oranby
Howe
Sound
Independence
Premier
Porter
Idaho
Bilvercrest
.
.
Surf
Inlet
.
.
n.chmoud
1
'
Bid.
Asked.
....
1.36?i
v
1.73
177
200.00
83
100
'
;
.29
Vt.
-31J4
34.00
37.00
...,.
'40.00
43.00
......
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.oai
,
1.8S
2
04
.......
.08?.
.09U
.....
,.Ot)
.08
.01
,
.02
ti
034
.oa
y,
for
Its
purchase,
but
Taylor,
who
LONDON
PARLEY
DECLARATIONS
LTTKKANCi:
OF
KM
PI
It
C
PK
KM
IE
ICS
aki:
made
ri.iu.tc
LONDON,
Dsc.
3.
Copies
ot
speeches
delivered
by
Premier
Baldwin
and
the
Dominion
premiers
at
the
recent
conference
on
the
subject
of
Imperial
defence
were
Issued
last
night.
'
"
In
his
speech.
Premier
King
expressed
the
appreciation
of
the
Dominion'
premiers,
adding
that
they
Indicated
the
need
for
all
parts
of
the
Empire
to.
keep
abreast
of
defence
developments.
The
remainder
of
the
Canadian
premier's
speech
dealt
mainly
with
Canadian
de
fence
organization.
WHEAT
TRAFFIC
AT
VANCOUVER
VANCOUVER,
Dec
3.
One
hundred
and
nine
thousand
three
hundred
and
eighty
bushels
of
wheat
were
unloaded
here
on
Wednesday
and
131,482
bushels
were
loaded
Into
ships,
leaving
5.770.000
bushels
in
local
elevators
and
700
cars
In
transit
to
the
port.
During
the
past
week,
the:
following
vessels
have
loaded
wheat
here;
Pacific
Commerce
tor
Manchester,
18-669
bushels.
Blythetnoor
lor
Hull,.
350,641
bushels,
Chile
for
Denmark,
74,660
bushels;
tor
Hull
the
same.
Africa
Maru,
for
Yokohama,
,
31,603
bushels;
for
Kobe,
the
same,
Yojln
Maru
for
Yokohama,'
33,000
bushels;
for
Kobe,
70442
bushels.
CHIEF
JUSTICE
IS
BUSY
AGAIN
TECHNICALITY
KXPKHT
CPXKTH
AX-OTHER
CONVICTION
iSOKIt
HOY-KHNMENT
LKlVOIt
ACT
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
3
The
conviction
ot
R.
C.
Purdy
Ltd..
and
tine
ot
II.
000
Imposed
recently
In
the
city
police
court
on
a
charge
of
selling
liquor
.
In
chocolates
was
quashed
by"
Chief
Justice
Oordon
Hunter
In
a
stated
case
yesterday.
In
effect,
His
Lordship
ruled
that
chocolates
could
not
be
construed
as
liquids
which
the
legislature
had
In
mind
when
framing
the
Act
and
not
solids.
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