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SUBSCRIPTION'RATES
By
fnall
to
all
other
parts
of
British
Columbia,
the
British
Em-Dire
and
United
States,
naid
in
advahce.
ner
year
6.00
Friends
of
J-
C.
Brady
will
be
pleased
to
hear
of
his
ap-
These
coming
champions
are
all
of
one
litter
of
Cairn
puppies,
owned
by
Mrs.
Caney
of
Holfoid
kennels,
Herts,
Eng.,
and
their
-;;.
mamma
and
papa
were
both
champions.
MAXS6NFINDS
IT
DIFFICULT
TO
RECO.VCILt
PALTRY
WATT
'CHARGE'S
WITH
ACTIONS
OI:
'
DISHONEST
MAN.
(Continued
from
page
on'o)
Mr.
Mansbn
polnted.t
ihaprjd?
I
to
his
appointment
as
government
I
agent,
and
the
number
of
office
.connected
therewith,
Mr.
Watt
had
not-been
a
civil
servant
and
was
unfamiliar
with
the
work.
Unforto-
By
matl
to
all
other
countries,
per
year
..
7.50
nately,
too,
at
ffrst
By
mail
to
all
parts
of
No
them
and
Central
British
Columbia,
paid
in
advance
for
yearly
period
3.00
Or
four
months
for
1.00
For
lesser
period,
paid
(u
advance,
per
month
50
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delivery'
by
mail
or
carrier,
yearly
period,
paid
in,
advance
$5.00
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advertising
on
front
page,
per
inch
2.80
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notices,
each
insertion,
per
agate
tine
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rea'ders,
per
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line
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advertising,
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EDITION
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of
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Bureau
of
Circulations
At
Wednesday,
Sept.
24,
1930
a:R.
BRADY'S
APPOINTMENT
States
Just
at
a
time
when
those
countries
Ave.re
suffering'n
rmdedr
it?
irom
imanciai
depression
seems
iiue
an.eiiort
to
try
to
fan
a
communist
uprising
in
those
countries.
be
hid
not
had
the
o-operation
of
his
staff.
Under
the
circumstances,
it
might
have
been
possible
that
he
had
overlooked
the
specific
instructions
regarding
coroner's
fees
even
If
Stieh
instructions
had
existed.
On
the
other
hand,
Mr.
Watt's
commission
oi
appointment,
bearing
the
great
seal
of
the
province
and
the
signature
cf
the
Heuter.arit-i
governor,
surely
as
formal
and
1m-
preserve
a
document
as
the
crown
could
possibly
Issue,
read
that
it
was
I
his
(Mr.
Watt's)
privilege
"to
halre.
i
hold
and
enjoy
Uie
office
of
coro-,
ner
together
with
all
rights,
fees
i
and
Privileges"
arnpertafhing
tbere-,
to.
Was
It
to
he
cvpeeted
that
any
ordinary
business
man
won?rt
set
something
m
the
statutes
to
con-
tradlct
such
a
dotmrnent
as
that?
Furthermore,
rightly
or
wrongly,
the
establish!
ptaetMe
was
for
government
agents
acting
as
coro
ners
to
receive
ah4
keep
these
fees.
nointment
to
a
irood
Dosition
at
Ottawa
in
the
emolov
of
Mr-
watt
haa
bn
tnftwttaa
by
Mr.
thp
Federal
finvprnmpnt
TWnuap
Vip
was.
hAiirfrrf
nnliri-
hl8
pwAeeafor,
fhat
fhta
was
cally
does
not
mean
that
Prince
Rupert
people
do
not
like
SJ!
him
rvrsoiially.
Everyone
has
a
soft
spot
for
him
and
his
this
successor,
to.
Mwe.
tfeat
n
political
opponents
will
be
just
as
pleased
as
were
his
pol-1
was
entitled
to
keep
the
few.
there
itical
supporters
that
he
has
secured
a
position
that
will
I'8
not
the
le
wrtnwt
or
give
him
scope
for
his
manv
accomplishments
and
provide
e?Ta
ttL!?2e;u
him
.
i-
h
a
d
living
The
Daily
News
joins
in
extending
Z'-lts
best
v.-!.ht'.-
to
Mr.
Brady
in
his
new
work.
in
the
yean
while
Mr.
"Watt
was
;
government
agent,
stating
that
his
SOVIET
ACTIVITIES
books
were
"in
very
a
order-
It
is
difficult
to
understand
all
the
varied
activities
of
StSSS'TZ
rt?S
the
Bolshevist
organization
which
seems
to
have
ite
head-teormers
fees.
Furthermore,
the
quarters
m
Russia.
Undoubtedly
the
trouble
in
China
isjawrom
had
known
of
the
practice
lanrelv
if
not
whollv
engineered
from
Russia
and
now
the
!heTe
tng
coroner's
few.
fitttil
mnvp
fn
sliimn
tho
movWc
rf
ttiMtm'n
anrl
.TlnH-orl.
11
prMttee
was
wrong,
whj
aa-a
a
w
u
uiuiiiu
w
A
v.
A
A
Am
A
liv.
ui
l
jl
m
a
lkb
a
u
1111
-
m
ill
una.
r
.
.
'
m
money,
two
essentials
in
carrying
out
any
undertaking.
I
thT1!-!01
That
they
will
fail
seems
certain
but
the
effort
is
well
nrent
hat
no
inspiry
had
etw
been
timed.
The
sending
of
fake
wires
in
the
name
of
a
weir3i
of
fee,
known
ami
reputable
head
of
a
grain
firm
and
the
selling
ln
t0
ttat
"
of
the
market
short
on
the
Chicago
wheat
exchange
were
IgJJSL
fJJ,
clever
plahs
touching
weak
spots
in
our
system
and
they
!
Si
ta
cormcrtion
with
ch
knew
it.
It
is
difficult
to
say
what
the
next
move
may
be.
.matters
as
these,
in
spite
of
this,
J
'Mr.
McNefll,
the
chief
auditor,
had
COMPLIMENT
TO
CANADA
.
....
'".
i
'
F
M
ne
talPW-no
-
vr.-
t-u
t
i
ii
j
x
fi
.
'
venue
had
ever
been
received
by
navmg
irie
imperial
Lonierence
postpone
Its
session
for
.
th
provinee
from
coroner's
fees.
from
frmn
this
this
pnnntm
country
t.b
the
Mnfaronoo
conference
nnaninn
opening
TOnl,l
would
V,n.,
have
fn
fal
Nothing
Oencealed
ntter
'Hcfsottrot
each
insioest,
Mr
Man-
a
day
m
order
to
accomodate
Premier
Bennett
was
a
com-,
Mr.
Manson
recited
several
other
pliment
to
Canada.
This
country
looms
larger
today
in
'
pi
in
the
province,
beside
Prince
Britain
than
it
ever
did
before
and
without
renvpsonrntinn
I
Rupert,
where
the
government
iaent
aUo
acted
M
coroner.
len
very
nat.
Never
had
Mr.
Watt
received
anything,
contended
Mr.
Manson,
that
would
put
him
on
his
guard
or
sne-
TIIE
WATT
INQUIRY
igett
that
his
commission
read
m-
To
the
peonk
who
have
read
the
rennrts
nf
thp
Waft
in.
rcorrertly
in
this
matter.
f
ncessary.
To
Prince
Rupert
rwM&ZZtt&
Mr.
Watt
needed
no
commission
of
Inquiry
to
free
him
j
completely
overlooked
including
from
the
charges
levelled
against
him.
They
knew
him
and
j
these
irergaiar
and
trivial
coroner's
his
work
and
that
was
sufficient
Perusal
of
the
evidence
ifee"
1x1
hu
lncome
u
return,
and
of
the
strained
efforts
to
catch
the
former
govern-!
ln
rt
watt's
apiendid
re-ment
agent
in
some
trap
will
simply
add
to
the1
respect
in
'"1
Th
hu
fS"
which
he
i.
held
here
and
to
detestation
oihj&kY'&ZTiS
efforts
which
were
made
to
discredit
him.
leratcly
endeavored
to
conceal
the
-
)
matter
of
the
coroner's
fees.
It
was
i
matter
as
this
with
intentional
dia-,
honesty.
)
What
conclusion
was
to
be
drawn
from
the
fart
that
the
government
had
ncter
taken
steps
to
have
others
return
Moneys
which
thu
UAiti
Ni2W3
.Wednesday,
ggp&nibei
m
193,
its
own
overt
ac
had
lssue'd
clear
Instructions
to
'Mr.
Watt
that
he
was
entitled
to
receive
and
keep
these
coroner's
fees.
The
real
downright
essence
oi
the
whole
matter
was:
had
this
man
acted
dishonorably
or
dlshon-
festjy?
'
;
Government's
Argument
In
submitting
'his
argument,
C.
II.
Locke
K.C..
government
counsel,
contended
that
Mr.
Watt
was
subject
to
be
governed
by
the
Revenue
oath
by
which
hefhad
sworn
that
he
would
hot
receive
or
take
any
fees
over
and
abore'hTs
regular
salary.
Mr.
Locke
argued
that
the
wording
ofMr.
Watt's
commission
was
in
effective
If
net
Justified
by
the
order-In
-council
under
which
he
had
received
his
appointment.
The
or-1
der-ln-coudcll
under
which
Mr.
Watt
was
appointed
coroner
provided
that
he
was
to
receive
no
ad-
ditional
salary.
:
His
Lordship
remarked
that
he
could
not
appreciate
Mr.
Locke's
arguThent
that
Mr.
Watt's
commls-1
slon
was
dependent
upon
an
order-;
In-councll.
The
commission
said
plainly
that
Mr.
Watt
was
entitled
to
the
fees.
j
Mr.
Manson
pointed
out
that
Mr.;
Watt
had
had
no
knowfftkge'
of
the
!
order-hi-coonciL
All
he
had
to
guide
htm
was
the
commission.
Mr.
Locke
Insisted
that
the
com
mission
had
ho
more
force
than
the
order-tn-eounefl
which
Mid
Mr.
Watt
was
entitled
to
no
additional
rebUHwratton
through
being
coroner..
It
was
m
obligatory
that
coroner's
fees
should
be
accounted
for
is
the
many
other
fees
that
Mr.
Watt
had
ImWHed
Definite
Instruc
tions
with
regard
to
each
form
uf
fee
i
touM
not
he
epec;?d
to
be
issued.
Srstem
'Responsible
If
Mr
Watt
knew
that
he
was
not
entitled
to
retain
the
money
derived
from
(SSroner's
feea,
Mr.
Locke
submitted,
then
the
system
enabled
trim
to
conceal
It
by
simply
not
gMng
a
receipt
from
tile
gen
eral
receipt
book.
In
rendering
bit
account
to
the
city
for
coroner's
ervtce.
he
bad
not
omU
govern
-
jient
paper.
Daring
the
years
from
1924
to
1929,
the
coroner's
fees
had
never
been
tncMded
in
his
Income
tax
returns.
Was
it
probable
that
he
had
forgotten
all
those
five
vears
to
include
these
fees
In
his
returns?
If
Mr.
Watt
reDed
on
Ms
commission
in
the
(natter
of
being
entitled
to
receive
eorohers
fees,
why
had
he
not
rendered
accounts
to
the
at-terney-generars
department
covei-ing
inquests
held
in
unorganized
districts?
was
it
not
clear
t"
Mr
Watt
that
he
was
In
a
differ
n
category
from
other
coroners
vh
were
not
In
the
civil
service?
Was
r
not
reasonable
to
expect
that
V
might
have
Inquired
from
tho
department
or
from
the
auditors
as
to
his
rights
to
keep
coroner's
fees?
Did
not
the
holding
of
an
Inquest
involve
the
sending
of
returns
to
the
attorney
-"general's
department,
Inquired
His
Lordship.
Mr.
Locke
replied
that
the
department
received
a
return
as
to
the
evidence
but
no
mention
had
been
made
in
any
of
the
letters
to
the
department
as
to
fees.
Newfoundland's
Unusual
Summer
Ancient
Colony
Notes
Itemarkable
Crop
and
Vrfetation
firowth
Best
Summer
in
Years
ST.
JOHNS.
Nfld,
Sept.
34:
-4
The
summer
oi
1930
will
go
down
on
the
records
as
the
longest,
finest
'
and
warmest
Newfoundland
has
experienced
in
anme
veaft.
ihey
had
received
for
coroner's
feea,
prevailing
southwest
and
westerly
inquired
Mr
Mans-n.
.winds
brought
long
'period
of
hot
vj..
'
iuiun
ui
wie
law
ana
mrmy
dys
tnd
fln
",lllB
r,u
""w.se
10
re-
abnormal
stimulus
to
vegetation
'u,t"1"4
mi.
ftiunscn
1
nnrt
nrrmt
nim
n1
lmnrf
nt.'nd'
d
that
a
coroner
waa
rot
ic
tually
a
civil
servant.
If
a
roroner
were
noi
a
civil
servant,
then
the
clause
in
the
Revenue
Act
orovid-lng
that
a
civil
serv
fit
vas
not
entitled
to
receive
any
fees
over
and
above
hi.,
monthly
salary
did
not
apply
to
him.
Mr.
Manson
argued
farther
that
fees
paid
by
a
municipality
to
a
corone;
for
his
services
were
not
public
moneys
In
Vancouver
lire
city
pai'l
Its
fees
direct
to
the
coroner
and
the
province
never
had
anything
to
do
with
them.
If
this
was
the
practice
In
Vancouver,
why
to
a
remarkable
extent.
Sweet
corn
which
usually
attains
only
a
small
site
in
the
Ancient
Colony,
frew
to
a
size
and
quality
equal
to
the
Quebec
product.
Tomatoes
grew
and
ripened
out
ol
doors
-while
trie
cucumber,
marrow
arid
squash
bads
were
amazingly
prolific.
Foreat
growth
was
marked
ami
observers
noted
a
lengthening
up
to
two
feet
(n
young
mapllngs
over
a
period
of
only
a
few
months.
Naturally
enough
the
same
klndlv
winds
that
brought
the
fair
wratbgr.
brought
down
from
the!
should
it
not
be
the
same
In
Prince,
,
St,
wren
vall-iy
a
great
OMitT
Rupert?
If
coroner's
teas
were
not
T,re
wrlc
t3rm.
far
rriojsj
public
funds
In
one
place,
he
could
tPan
fc"auy
falls
to
the
lot
of
the
not
see
how
they
could
be
called
Newfoundland
people.
Fortunately
such
In
another
place.
'h'""
rtftrstt
canned
little
damage.
Mr.
Manson
couW
not
see
how
Tlie
St.
John's
morning
'newspa-
the
Revenue
Act
could
be
considered
Per.
the
Dally
News,
has
advocsfteft
to
have
anything
to
do
with
the
action
on
the
part
of
the
depart-
coroner
or
his
fees.
The
whole
tenor
ment
of
agriculture,
to
secure
data
of
the
Revenue
Act
had
to
do
with
and
statists
on
the
products
this
the
general
sources
of
Income
with
year
nd
of
other
factt
relating
to
wnicn
me
government
carried
on,
the
Unusual
summer
season,
feel-
submitted
Mr.
Manson.
1
Ing
that
the
Information
thus
re-
j
And,
If
it
came
down
to
that,
Mr.
vealed
woud
be
highly
Interesting
Aiunson
suommea,
tne
crown,
oy
and
valuable.
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All
You
Need
Pay
For
A
riot
r
tS
If
OlOl
..IrOBbr
m
1
'
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n
is
50c.
a
month
This
is
the
last
week
of
this
marvellous
offer.
Ttlj
October
-Ui,
yoii
can
still
fj;ct
one
of
these
J
famous
Hotpoint
Irons
by
paying
only
f0c
down,
the
balance
60c
a
month.
'
t
1
mm
isaaw
1
Voii
do
not
.Unaw
wfyjit
ironing
comfort
is
(ill
you
have
wd
a
Hot
jifllHl.
Hi
sure
to
get
yours.
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British'
Columbia
Power
Company
Limited
A
NEW
STANDARD
OF
PERFECTION
Credted
for
all
thce
who
pmoke
-
for
the
pleasure
they
get
from
a
"perfectly
rolled,
mild,
mellow
Virginia
cigarette.
Dixie
gives
smoking
a
new
meaning
intensified
enjoyment
-the
result
of
expert
"blending
.
of
cool,
fragrant
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leaf.
leaf.
gglbLQH
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i2
"
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and
in
tins
of
50
SAVE
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HANDS
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"otloo
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