TOMORROW'S
TIDES
Thursday,
February
20,
1930
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vol.
XXI.
NO.
42.
MINISTER
OTTAWA
-ffllfc
f-
Spirited
Debates
Are
Expected
as
Federal
Parliament
Convenes
Session
Opens
Tomorrow,
Probably
Last
Before
Election
Radio
and
Pensions
Bills
to
Provide
Contention
OTTAWA,
Ont.,
Feb.
19:
(By
R.
K.
Carnegie,
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer)
Members
will
assemble
tomorrow
for
the
fourth
session
of
Canada"s
Sixteenth
Parliament.
Will
it
be
the
last
session
before
a
general
election9
Back
in
the
minds
of
most
of
the
Parliamentarians
that
question
is
nestling.
As
far
as
can
be
ascertaned
the
rank
and
file
of
the
Liberal
members
have
no
more
definite
information
than
have
the
Conservatives
as
to
v
net
her
the
government
will
go
to
the
country
this
year.
I!
;
probable
the
Inner
circles
olo
government,
which
will
make
the
brlng
on
k
battle.
Both
the
Radio
de
,.
,:
-m.
will
await
early
sessional
and
peon,
Bllto
wm
be
re-fi.
v
ipmentB
belore
Ilxing
an
ap-
j
erred
to
special
house
coomlttees.
proximate
date
for
appealing
to
xie
agreements
aetween
the
Doth
(
lectors
minion
and
Manitoba
and
Alberta
Tiv
session
will
doubtleas
be
lull
Ior
return
to
those
prorlnces
of
t?
fiirht
-more
so
than
last
year
their
natural
resources
will
be
up
arc
much
of
the
material
for
the
f0r
ratification,
and
the
return
of
;u
inn
will
be
developed.
A
great
the
crown
lands
to
British
Colum-d'
i.
!
solid
and
some
highly
con-
bla.
The
situation
with
raapect
to
t
,r,uu.-
legislation
will
be
brought
Saskatchewan
will
also
cauee
eon-cc
The
radio
commission's
report
tiderable
debate.
The
St.
Lawrence
v..
br
implwentlrij3UUa.balKteep
waterwajw
will
tee
brought
lflto
f
inmniea
to
ine
nouse.
Anomer
,
the
discussion
on
waterpowexs
gen-bili
will
be
brought
down
to
provide
erally.
m
rc
generous
treatment
of
re-
j
should
the
Canadian
National
fn
'tpr!
soldiers
In
respect
to
the
Railways
and
the
department
of
pensions
The
question
of
refusal
!
railways
and
canals
be
ready
to
:
durances
of
shipments
of
ill-
j
proceed
with
the
legislation
for
Q'i
"v
destined
to
the
United
State
writing
down
the
capitalisation
of
til
whatever
form
it
comes
before
:
the
railways
and
consolidating
into
pa
lament
la
almost
certain
to
ion
financial
structure
the
many
,
I
companies
which
now
make
up
the
Halifax
Booklet
Very
Interesting
1
1
Publication
of
Board
of
Harbor
Commissioners
Gives
Much
Information
and
Is
Profusely
Illustrated
.
,
,
.
'
other
suggestion
is
the
capltallaa-An
interesting
booklet
published
Mm
wouW
to
by
the
Board
of
Harbor
Commls-,
of
construction
of
the
signers
of
the
Port
of
Halifax
and
yToua
,in-
when
they
were
built
desciibtng
and
picturing
the
faclli-
gnd
a
mtli
capiUllaatlon
ties
of
that
port
as
well
as
to
some
QXll6
be
equal
to
the
replacement
extent
explaining
present
and
f
u-
,
of
tne
tem
turn
plans
for
the
development
of
the
Atlantic
Coast
always-open
port
!
has
reached
the
office
of
the
Dally
i
News.
It
has
been
prepared
In
a
neat
and
effective
manner
and
is
featured
by
profuse
illustrations
as
well
as
historical,
geographical,
industrial
and
statistical
information.
Solloway,
Mills
Company
Loses
Out
In
Two
Rounds
of
Supreme
Court
Proceedings
in
Vancouver
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
19:
Holding
that
the
$44,400
claim
of
William
MacKee
against
Solloway,
Mills
&
Co.
Ltd.
was
good
foundation
for
attachment
proceedings,
Mr.
Justice
Denis
Murphy'
in
Supreme
Court
dismissed
with
costs
tho
defendant
company's
application
to
nave
sot
asido
a
garnishee
order
summons
under
which
d8,jy
of
its
funds
was
paid
into
court
by
the
Royal
Bank
of
Canada.
Solloway,
Mills
Co.
was
also
unsuccessful
in
an
application
heard
by
Mr.
Justice
Murphy
to
compd
Mrs.
J
Kniftlle
BWRh
of
the
Court
House
re-
HOCKEV
SCORES
national
SHockey
League
scorpa
'Wt
night
werjfr,
J-
York
American,
6;
Montreal
Boston,
3.
Toionto,
Sl.New
York
Ranirors.
1
Oandtenl,',
Detroit,
nil
Pittsburgh
Ottawa
3.
,
J
SITTING
ABOUT
TO
COMMENCE
C.N.R..
an
involved
and
highly
technical
discussion
will
result.
Much
speculation
lias
been
written
as
to
what
these
proposals
will
be.
One
surmise
is
the
capitalization
will
be
fixed
to
cover
all
the
secur-
m
in
the
hands
Of
the
nubile
and
all
monies
advanced
by.
the
government
of
Canada,
but
not
back
Interest
charges
on
the
money.
An-
Running's
First
Budget
Hon.
C.
A.
Dunning
will
have
his
first
session
as
minister
of
itnanoe,
succeeding
Hon.
J.
A.
Robb
who'
died
last
fall
The
budget
he
-will
bring
aown
wW
awaited
wltn
a'weii
Donng
equipment
(Continued
on
pae
-two.t
..porting
staff
in
Vancouver
to
give,
particulars
of
her
claim
befbr
ol-Ulcers
of
the
defendant
company
i,nv.
been
examined
for
discovery.
)Bhe
lMued
a
writ
last
year
.claiming
1,,
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
10
Hugh
;
Lu(.,
n.u
a
chemist,
triktook
a
glass
of
poison
for
wa-
Iter,
drank
It.
and
died
immediately,
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
F
LAND
PROTESTS
NEW
FISH
PROPOSALS
Howe
Regulation
Are
Unfair
and
Will
Lea
J
to
Monopoly,
Todd
Company
Says
VICTORIA,
Feb.
19j
Suggestion
for
consideration
by
a
committee
and
criticism
of
the
fishing
proposals
of
Hon.
S.
L.
Howe,
provincial
commissioner
of
fisheries,
were
voiced
by
C.
F.
Todd
of
3,
H.
Todd
&
Sons
before
the
fisheries
committee
of
the
legislature
yesterday.
He
considered
it
unfair
that
idle
canneries
should
be
given
net
ratinvt.
One
company
on
the
Skecna
Kiver
had
seven
licences
and
operated
but
three
canneries,
he
said.
The
proposed
regulations
would
lead
to
a
monopoly.
air.
Todd
suggested
that
every
encouragement
be
given
to
white
fishermen
by
providing
them
with
nets
at
a
cheap
price
and
on
easy
payments.
Heavy
eatehes
of
herring
endangered
the
salmon
run,
he
said.
Col.
F.
II.
Cunningham
told
tne
commiuce-tliat
Mr.
llnwcfe
fisliene
poWcv
was
unworkable
and
that
control
of
the
industry
should
be
left
in
the
hands
of
t!ie
Dominion
Government.
Col
Cunningham
was
former'v
federal
fisheries
inspector
for
British
Columbia
and
is
now
managing
director
of
Chatham
Sound
Packing
Co.
He
insisted
that
his
company's
investment
in
the
I'oreher
Island
cannery
was
JeanordJied
aud
would
probably
be
lost
if
the
proposed
regulations
were
put
Into
effect.
LEGISLATURE
TALKS
LAND
Spent
Yesterday
Discussing
Amendments
to
Act;
Lawyers'
Accounts
Changed
VICTORIA,
Peo.
m:
ine
legis-
determine
definitely
what
is
neces-lature
yesterday
devoted
the
see-
m
that
regard."
discussion
td
proposed
am-,
Ion's
nnHn.
.hi.
intrviMr
noattv
endments
to
the
Land
Settlement
Act
under
which
the
purchase
of
,tne
iarmers
oy
ue
huyiiu
autnomw
ana
we
purcpase
m-
provl
livestock
for
resale
to
set-,f
lien
m
aiau
b-iicuuucu
The
advance
of
$66,000
to
the.
Utter
waterworks
system
was
also
approved.
A
bill
authorizing
lawyers
to
submit
blanket
accounts
Instead
of
Itemlaetl
statements
was
approved
on
second
leading.
City
Council
Of
Vancouver
Gets
Boost
in
Wages
VICTORIA,
Feb.
19.
The
private
bills
committee
of
the
legislature,
yesterday
authorized
the
Vancou
ver
city
council
to
glveithejniayor
a
J
$5000
raise
In
salary
if
lfso
choosesr.
An
Increase
In
oldcrmanlc
salaries
from
$1200
to
$2000
per
year
was
also
endorsed.
.
T.
W.
Brown
of
the
legal
firm
of
Williams.
Manson
&
Gonzales
re-vouthful
turned
to
the
city
on
the
Prince
Rupert
this
morning
from
a
brief
trip
to
Vancouver.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C.
WEDNESDAY;
General
Gurrie
Had
Great
Hatred
For
Loss
of
Lives
I
In
V
ar,
Memoirs
Declare
LONDON
Feb.
19:
General
Sir
Arthur
Currie
'
had
an
almost
fanatical
hatred
for
unnecessary
casualties
'comments
Major
General
J.
E.
B.
Seely,
commander
Jf
the
Canadian
cavalry
brigade
in
the
Great
War,
in
his
life
story,
written
bv
himself,
of
the
commander-in-chief
of
the
Canadian
Corps
in
France.
Seely
adds:
"Of
all
the
men
I
knew
during
four
years
cm
the
Western
Front,
I
think
Currie
was
the
manjwho
took
the
most
care
of
the
lives
of
his
troops.
Moreover,
again
and
again,
he
nearly
1
1
i
1
r
T
'
i
1
t
LI
J.I..
J!
A-
Drougni
career
to
an
do
things
helwas
certain
of
life
without
sufficient
compensating
advan
tages.
President
Beatty
Assures
Peace
Rives
Publisher
That
Outlet
Is
c
Receiving
Serious
Attention
In
a
special
despatch
to
the
Peace
River
papers
from
Montreal
fterin
interview
with
President
Bcattyofths
C.P.R.,
Charlfa
W.
Frederick,
Peace
River
publisher,
re-
pons
xur.
upauy
as
Having
sum.
"First
and
foremost,
the
provision,
of
a
Coast
outlet
When
it
is
built,.
rilUSt
be
With
a
View
to
the
greatest
POS-
sible
benefit
rof!the
Peace
River
country
itself,
and
not
with
regard
to
tha.
aspirations
of
any
particular
ocean
Port.
,
.
,
"The
f
acme
ports
oi
Vancouver
anu
rnnce
nuperi
both
have
aspirations
in
this
regard
fc
which
bath
are
to
be
commended,
but
it
is
essentially
for
the
benefit
of
the
Peace
River
country
that
the
ouUet
will
ultimately
be
provided.
Where
the
terminus
will
be
it
is
not
possible
now
to
say.
"I
am
as
firmly
of
belief
in
the
necessity
of
a
coast
outlet
for
the
Peace
River
country
as
are
the
peo
ple
of
Peace
River,
but
it
will
be
im-i
possible
for
any
announcement
of
i
such
an
outlet
to
be
made
until
we
!
have
had
an
opportunity
for
check
ing
up
Information
on
routes
available
for
this
purpose.
Our
best
engineers
are
going
into
the
Peace
River
country
earlv
this
summer
to
assured
Mr.
Frederick
that
a
big
rtm
1$
contemplated
in
reha
bllatlng
the
Northern
Alberta
Rall-
way8
and
the
extension
of
branch
complete
desideratum
me
"We
hope
to
keep
always
a
little
ahead
of
actual
requirements,"
he
said,
"but
we
cannoto
undertake
to
rush
too
far
ahead
with
Unas
that
might
'not
pay
more
than
a
small
proportion
of
fixed
charges
for
many
years
to
come.
.
"Shoulld
conditions
arise
which
(Continued
on
page
two.)
i
'
j
I
AUSTRALIAN
WHEAT
POOL
IS
PLANNED
C
AN
B
E
R
R
A,
-AUSTRA-
LIA,
Feb.
19
Proposals
for
tin
Australian
wheat
pool
.
-were
"laid
by
the'
federal
.
?
government
before
repre-
sentatives
of
the
state
gov-
ernments
and
wheat
grow-
ers'
organizations
at
a
great
conference
which
.
convened
L
T,l
yesterday
to
discuss
schemes
for
the
stabilization
of
the
I
Australian
wheat
growing
industry.
i1
FEB.
19,
1930
ena
ov
Diunuy
reiusinjr
10
would
result
in
great
loss
PRESIDENT
BEATTY
Head
of
CPJl
makes
statement
in;
regard
to
Peace
River
Outlet
I
LOW
LEVEL
I
FOR
WHEATi
WINNIPEG.
Feb.
19
Reacting
violently
to
suggestions
in
special
news
despatches
frora.Lpndon
that
Canadian
Wheat
Pod!'
officials
are
(returning
ffom
London
disappointed
men
after
failure
to
reaeh
an
agreement
with
British
gd'vern-rnent
heads,
wheat
slumped
to
bottom
levels
for
the
year
today.
A
few
minutes
before
the
close
of
the
market
was
off
6V4c
a
bushel.
IS
NOTED
SCIENTIST
In
the
course
of
a
tour
of
the
west.
Dr.
A.
O.
Huntsman
of
To-
ronto,
one
of
Canada's
best
known
scientists
and
biologists,
Is
a
visitor
In
Prince
Rupert.
He
arrived
yesterday
afternoon
from
the
east.
Hon.
Fred
Burden
Now
Storm
Centre
of
Grit
Attack
in
Legislature
Valuable
Stewart
Waterfront
Land
Was
Sold
to
Stevens
For
10
an
Acre
Creston
Waterworks
Scandal
(Special
to
Daily
News)
VICTORIA,
Feb.
19:
Hon.
F.
P.
Burden,
minister
of
lands,
replaced
Hon.
W.
C.
Shelly,
minister
of
finance,
as
the
storm
centre
of
the
legislature
yesterday.
To
H.
F.
Kergin,
M.L.A.
for
Atlin,
he
admitted
that
15
acres
of
the
best
waterfront
land
in
Stewart
had
been
sold
to
W.
H.
Stevens
for
$10
an
acre..
The
reserve
put
on
this
land
at
request
of
the
citizens
of
Stewart
in
1910
was
lifted
on
Nov.
8,
1928,
he
said.
This
was
just
a
few
days
before
H.
H.
Stevens
M.P.
began
to
advertise
his
anplication
for
the
Canadian
Northwestern
RallwayO
-
'
charter.
Mr.
Burden
said
he
had
no
information
whether
W.
H.
Stevens
I
was
related
to
H.
II.
Stevens.
It
is
a
1
matter
of
general
knowledge,
how-
I
ever,
that
the
Vancouver
federal
I
member
has
a
brother
of
that
name.
Mr.
Burden
said
the
land
was
sold
for
industrial
purposes.
After
two
days
prodding
In
the
house,
T.
D.
Pattullo.
elicited
from
Mr.
Burden
that
the
$63,000
loaned
by
the
land
settlement
board
to
the
Boston
Grill
LAitUE
CABAKET
Special
Dinners
Thurad'aj
and
Saturday
Pandnj
Erery
Saturday
Night.
9
to
U
Dance
Hall
tot
Hire
AooonurodtUona
(or
Private
Parties
PHONE
437
Lister
waterworks
district
was
paldlm
Graham,
president
of
the
Brt-fn
a
tt
rirwri
Mr
Burden's
former
tlsh
Board
of
Trade,
warned
the
Dartner.
on
a
costDlus
contract..
Mr.
Burden
admitted
that
he
was
acting
minister
of
agriculture
when
the
transaction
went
through
but
said
S
0t
by
tne
g0vcmment.
He
said
the
work
cost
half
what
it
would
have
done
on
the
unit
price
tender
system.
The
admission
was
made
by
Mr.
Burden
JS
which
was
admittedly
made
without
legal
authority.
The
facts
only
came
'out
when
Mr.
Pattullo
grilled
Hon
W.
A.
Atkinson,
minister
of
agriculture,
for
asking
the
house
to
validate
an
illegal
loan
used
on
a
contract
about
which
Mr.
Atkinson
said
he
had
no
information.
Finally,
Mr.
Burden
said
he
knew
and
the
details
were
obtained.
Mr.
Pattullo
said
the
people
of
Creiton
regarded
the
contract
as
a
scandal.
Col.
Fred
Lister,
Conservative
member
for
Creston,
is
chairman
of
the
Lister
waterworks
trustee
board
that
borrowed
the
money
and
let
the
contract.
WOULD
BUY
MORE
GRAIN
Great
Britain
is
Anxious
to
Increase
Its
Purchases
of
Canadian
Wheat
LONDON,
Feb.
19:
The
Association
of
Millers
of
Great
Britain
at
a
final
meeting
yesterday
between
officials
of
the
Canadian
Wheat
Pool
and
Ut.IIon.
J.
II.
Thomas,
ord
Privy
Seal,
made
itclear
that
they
would
be
glad
to
increase
their
purchases
of
Canadian
wheat
Increased
allotments
of
Canadian
wheat
made
it
possible
to
use
a
higher
made
It
clear
they
would
be
as
ajalnst
grains
from
outside
the
Empire
in
the
milling
of
flour
and
they
had
already
made
a
recommendation
to
their
members
which
would
have
this
result,
the
association
said.
It
was
emphasized,
however,
that
the
amount
of
Canadian
wheat
purchased
by
the
English
millers
would
depend
upon
its
price
in
relation
to
the
price
of
wheat
from
other
sources.
WHEAT
DOWN
AGAIN
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
FEE
WARNING
OF
TARIFF
WAR
British
Government
Feels
Pressure
For
Protection
and
May
Be
Forced
to
Yield
GENEVA,
Feb.
19:
Rt.
Hon.
Wil-
League
of
Nations
tariff
true
con-
ference
yesterday
that
failure
to
reach
an
agreement
to
halt
riling
tariff
walls
might
induce-free
trade
countries
'
to
entef
'lnternattoml
competition
in
protective.
tariffs.
This
pronouncement
was
interpreted
in
some
quarters
as
meaning
that
the
British
government
was
feeling
strong
pressure
in
Oreat
Britain
for
the
creation
of
further
protective
duties
and
might
be
forced
to
yield
unless
the
present
confer
ence
is
able
to
accomplish
a
collective
agreement
to
hold
customs
duties
at
their
present
levels.
INDIAN
WAR
ATMERRITT
Bad
Blood
On
Reservation
Was
In
flamed
By
Liquor
MERRITT,
Feb.
19:
Bight
In
dians
and
one
white
man
are
in
Jail
here
and
a
quarterbreed
is
out
on
$300
ball
following
a
veritable
In
dian
war
at
the
Quilchtna
Reserve
early
yesterday
morning
which
resulted
when
bad
blood
between
members
of
the
tribe
was
Inflamed
by
liquor.
Two
victims
had
knife
wounds
in
their
scalp:.
Northland
Sails
For
North
After
Repairing
Here
A
speedy
Job
was
done
at
the
local
dry
dock
in
repairing
the
propeller
shaft
of
the
American
motorship
Northland
yesterday
and
the
vessel,
which
went
on
the
pontoons
about
4
o'clock
in
the
afternoon,
was
oft
again
at
8
pan.
At
10:30
last
night
she
left
the
Canadian
National
dock
for
Ketchikan
to
resume
an
interrupted
voyage
from
Jeattle
to
atereburg
and
Juneau.
Fred
Kergin
Is
Recovering
From
Serious
Illness
Word
has
been
received
from
Toronto
of
the
serious
Ullnees
of
Fred
Kergin,
from
complications
following
scarlet
fever.
He
underwent
an
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
19
Wheat
operation
yesterday
and
his
con-was
quoted
on
the
local
exchange
dttlon
Is
reported
to
be
satisfac-.
today
at
$1.12
5-8.
tory.
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