TENDERING ON BARGE AND TUG Local Dry Dock Invited tto Figure on Craft For Okanagan ' Lake Service The Prince Rupert Dry Dock ;.nd Shipyard has been invited to t tuler on the building of a J85-' t steel car barge with capacity tween Kelowna and Penticton. ('"pillar among many friends in the ity and their departure will be "gretted. Mr. Mahaffey, in addition to other activities, hasbeen secretary of. the Loyal Orange lodge. MYSTERYTODAY LONDON POLICE London Seething With Anolhcr Scotland Ysrd Scnnatlon wjinuun. Anr 12: A new Scotland Yard sensation, the nature of which is highly myster lous, was seething in London today. It was reported that serious the fine record that haa been made by the Biff Bay Lumber Ce. during the paat decade as a steady operator, should make this tJndulry..a mmrirtioilr valuable o,ne to Prince Rupert in the years pleted in the mill linstalUpyJWa yvw set twrki UWi BOW tB (ana pianer, as -wen as a complete blower system, for the shaving in ths) ftiaiaJsl mill. Other additional machinery has been pro- eight cars and a 90-foot steam rv,dfd "r,r)ri?g tug for service . of ... the ..... Canadian eral overhaul following Big Bay's i r .41 m tn-r-iwn wu wrc National Railways on Okanagan Luke out of Kelowna. Two or three yeara ago the local yard I'uilt a lake boat for service be site Mr. McAfee reports that the market outlook is very fair. There is the usual big demand in east be handl- Canada and the United States The local yard will .I.iul ...... la ... l.tn Inlnr .1. (liA t.u for clear Sitka sDruce lumber in . HAW of which the mill spe- production which would be a Urge one. by of tfi. fact that It will have to cover Lirjre . and tug to Kelowna in knockdown form. This will ; mount to several thousand nd iars to the disadvantage dpi of the t"al yard in comparison with Vancouver. PROMOTED TO POST OF COLLECTOR FOR PROVINCIAL GOYT. H Mahaffey of the local gov ernment agent's office has been promoted to the position of provin ial collector at Smithers and will loave tomorrow for the interior to assume his now duties. He and Mrs. Mahaffey have become very dallies and overseas shipments iiVSdlrfrZta'tW' being developed. .:bld.!ht..C.L0f v.ff"! )t Common lumber 1. being disposed of in the form of boxes to the fishing industry in Prince Rupert and district. The hiithngrade spruce which the company produces is used for construction of airplanes, piano stocks and ladders, being particularly suited to these purposes because of its strength combined with lightness. The Big Bay Lumber Co. has contracted with T. A. Kelley Logging Co., operating on the Queen Charlotte Islands, for the supply of first grade logs durinj? the coming year. The company now has three million feet of los on hand in its booms at Digby Island and Just recently 660,000 foot of logs were discharged at tne mm from the log carrying barge ins-cayne. having been purchased through A- P. Allison. The Kelley contract will amount to upwards of C.000.000 feet, all of which will be delivered from the Queen Charlotte Islands to Prince Rupert in Davis rafts. TO KILL WOLVES IN ALASKA PROVIDED BY LEGISLATURE JUNEAU .!TfMT!AIT Alaska. April 11. The legislature has made provi .inn tnr h. nnoolntment of a, di oiviu .v, . 1 111 rAitnt fin four hunters to kin (Hi I III lW, mm- jc. DISCUSSION OF NEW PROVINCE IN TCKIIACE SOON ! TERRACE, April It Ter- race Is to prepare for the meeting of the Associated Board of Trade at Prince Rupert on June 27 and 28 by holding a discussion on the proposal to form a new pro- vince for Northern and Cen- tral British Columbia at the June meeting of their Board of Trade council. This was decided at the general meet- ifig here this week. Any member of the board will be welcomed at the meetinK and invited to ex- press his views. OVERfLUQN IS OPERATING LOSS ON SHIPS Canadian- Government . .Merchant Marine Has a Poor Year OTTAW II has has inc included the,, j i,n Government ejit Merchant Merchant" Mar e Mar-Cjanadism . NaitioirWl, 'Ueaawhips Limited, had! an opervJ ating loss in 1928 of $1,209,083 is compare with, 087pS, Jn th previous year afceetedtagUe- the annual report tabled in the House yesterday. Operating expenses were re-duoed ftt.l6 'but this did not meet the shrinkage in revenues. REDS KILLED AT CANTON Machine Gun Used by Chinese toShoot Down Radicals CANTON, China. April 12. More than 1000 alleged radical agitators it is estimated, have been executed by machine guns during the past week in a campaign by Can. ton authorities to stamp out radicalism here. LESLIE SCOn WILL NOT BE CNDIDTE ENGLISH ELECTIONS LONDON, April 12. Rt. Hon. Leslie Scott, for the past eighteen years Conservative member of the exchange division of Liverpool, will not seek re-election at the "oming elections because of his failing health. He was solicitor-general in the, coalition government in 1022, buteld aloof when fh Rnnar Law wasrforaed by the ministry. "Generally speaking." says the! terywJth fui military honors report, "the adverse showing was dtle to a reduction in rates, due to Increased competition on cer-l Aprilir PfllUpCTflM tain routes, as well as to a strike at Antwerp during the summer J months and the continued reduced t buying power in South Wales. Owing) to these unfavorable con- autom, comparison oi aciuai ear Statrt commissioner to the international boundary commission for n defining the border of Canada, Alaska and the United States, was buried yesterday in Arlington eem WON AT GOLF FROM Capt. Kingsford Smith Definitely Located but 2 Searchers Missins Antarctic Pilot Leaves on Exploring Trip Capt M. Han .v n f th! Hekt ria shaking hands with Lieut. Carl Ben Eielson, pilot of the Wilkins-Hearst Antarctic expedition, before Eiel son took off on one of his exploring trips. LIBERALS URGED COL, LESTER JONES . J rjtr n attiti t a ta Oi'BURlED 'WASHINGTON DlrAI 1ULLU 1U WASHINGTON, April 12 Col. E.' Lester Jones, United AGGRESSIVENESS Address to Laurier Club Victoria, Prince Rupert's Member is Critical at V CLASSIFIED HABIT Boston Grill freryone read th Claaalfied LARGE CADARET U you Iom. adrertl lor tt. Special Dinner Thursdays and If jou find. locaU tb owner. Saturday! Wbattrer seed, advertUa (or Uauclne tverj Saturday nljbt you It from 9 to 12. PRINCE 1RUPERT Dane Hall Xor Ulrc OET THE CLASSIFIED HABIT. Accommodation (or tTlTata Tarttat Northern and Central British Columbia's Newspaper Phone 457 Vol. XX., No. 81. PRINCE RUPERT. B. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1929 PRICE FIVE CENTS CANTON ARE BEING KINGSFORD SMITH AND PARTY REPORTED TO BE LOCATED Big Bay Lumber Co. Looking Forward to Season of Activity Additions to Mill Makd It Able to Do More Effective Work; Logs Coming From Queen Charlotte Islands After having been closed down for six weeks for overhaul and new installations, the Big Bay Lumber Co.'s sawmill at Seal Cove, Prince Rupert, is now in' full operation again with an output of between 60,000 and 60,000 feet a day. George McAfee, the manager, who with H. R. McMillan of Vancouver is owner of the mill, is looking forward to an active year, during which, he states, it is expected to saw probably fourteen million feet of logs. As a result of the improvement work that was accomplished during the recent shutdown, the mill is now fully estab lished on a permanent and up-to-date basis. This, in addition to Progressives Voted Against the! Liberal Budget and Conservative Amendment, Commoits Yesterday OTTAWA, April 12. The budget passed the house of j commons last night by a majority of 24 votes. The final fliViainn t-aciilfarl in tYta nncttner nf 1 07 vntne frr tVlO hnfltrpr. ! and 83 against, following closely along partly lines. All victoria, April 12: "Theithe Liberals, all the Liberal-Progressives, two Indepen-Liberal party has to educate those ,dent Ndl of Comox-Atlin and Bourassa of Labelle; H. B. tilluuLT I Adshead, Labor member for Fast Calgary ; and Jellif f , the i advocating measures in the inter-i U. F. A. member for Lethbridge, supporting the govern- fHARIFJ'WHITPflMRF e8tB of tn PPe of th country ment s action. LnAKLEo wmitUMWl . a hol Id j D. tuUo opposition were all the Conservatives, all the 'oppostion leader, in sounding a 11 . . LONDON, April 12. Archie not faVorinir an ainrreasiva mAie- members of the U.F.A. group Dings In 1928 and 1927 does notjCompsten won the Roehampton ment on the part of the Libarals 1 with the exception of Jelliff, all rtftot a true position. Study is ; professional lf tournament to- a,ontf the ne of revaining pr,! Pro-freggive members and oewjr jnven w me rewyinaHion ; uay uj ueieaun8 vuuncs at the LaUrr club Banquet here of a certain service." combe in an 18-hole final one up. jlagt nRht Woodsworth the Winnie labor man. Heaps, the labor" reprea- 1 Referring to the appointment of ntative. was not in the House at the new comptroller, Mr. Pattullo the time. ! Mid he knew hothing with rogard t e. to the competence of that of fkial. , , , He. however, felt it was in bad the most colorful day House of Commons had which the .taste to appoint a man who had Ibeen associated with the minister fn thU ?f,?n-,l. vo !of other divisions resulted in the de-eral finance. The comptroller gen-1 had been previously a ub-lfft of e submendment and n,nin.f. 4 ,. mini.i nf . the amendment to the main mo- jtlon. which came from the U.Fu. ance in business relations. and .. i ti u MW.iand the Conservative ranks res- nuo nun vci s i a a i a a iiv v a v yu J ernment had selected a man who ; Pctive'y had no relations whatever with SYDNEY, New South Wales, April 12. After being any member of the government lost'for 12 days in one of the wildest and most inhospit- able regions in the world, Captain Kingsford Smith andi appointment ' rescinded his three companions of the Southern Cross.were located! today by the plane Canberra. Messages from the Can-! victoria, April 12: The Tho main motion was that to go into the committee qf supply and means, moved by the minister cf finance. Hon. W. R. Rottb, at' the conclusion of his budget speech on March 1. The U:P.A. sub-amendment in brief asked the berra to Darwin, in the northern territory, relating the Gazette announces recision of the Government to consider extension sighting Of the plane said that the flyers appeared safe appointment or lo waugn as a0f the British preference. Its sup- and well and food was dropped to them. memrt 0' lJfwardr0LnT Tt 'ft?rt C?,T fnly fT r1"16,01 mi. n ...i' .1 nt on e ment of the Prince Rupert Hos-,the U.F-A. and. Progressive Port George mission station on the Prince Regent river, E ' Benson 1 . j. -t cin i i T-1.. mi . l.l 1 i ,. ii. 1. nDOUt iou mues east 01 ueroy. ims wouiu: inuicaie mac when Kingsford Smith sent tho message just before making a forced landing, stating that he was about 100 miles TORONTO 'STOCKS east of Wyndham, he was, instead, hundreds of miles off. (Courtesy s. a). Johnston Co.) the path from Sydney to Wyndham. A steamer will leave Broome, western Australia, todav about 250 miles distant bv sea to nick un the'flvers. Atean- aiiegations have been made ag. wolves in the territory. This 1 with , wliilo, two of the airplane searchers, Lieut. Keith Ander- bin.i m '.t . lA 1... 4ka faflarnl ITOV- 1 T1l 1. TTfi 1 1 1 If 1 1 A -.ri ceriam omcers oine spe-.me gram muc u, - gon ami iooert iiucncocK, nave uisappeareu ana two tial political branch which among ernment for the same Purpo. " Royal Air. porce planes haye j ffc Melbourne today to "ther will make an eirne j things supervises aliens in is thought, riill Vii vs WHValM V t tv i -i .1 Falcon Bridge, 10.90. Hudson Bay Mining, 18.90. Mandy, 1X0. Mining Corpn.. 4.50. Noranda, 63.10. Sudbury Basin. 9.05. Sherritt-Gordon, 8.45. Teck Hughes,9.fi. . itha,,EojiHftv?Uls.mnTIrn feceK'eff IttTehllre' s FOREST RANGERS PASS THEIR EXAMINATIONS Two Terrace Men Successful and One From Prince George Is Victoria, Announcement .. n. V'ICTORIA', April 12 Two Terrace men are announced as having passed the forest rangers' examinations. T. Ridler of Prince George also was successful. Scottish Humor - Imported direct from the Aberdeen Joke Factory THE REASON WHY Stranger to Aberdeen Policeman) The streets are very quiet today. Is it a hoRday litre?'" Policeman: 'NoIt's a Flag .aJa.. ent h upport from the Conservative members. All the other members of the House opposed It. It was moved by Hugh Guthrio and expressed regret that the budget made no provision for reasonably safeguarding and protecting the interests of those engaged in agricultural pursuits or In industrial employment in Can ada. KOTIOB- On account of the trans- fer of the Hydro-Electric to the Power Corporation of Canada PLEASE NOTE that all Light Accounts must be paid promptly to prevent any interruption in th rvire.