tAUli TWO THE DAILY NEWS DAILY EDITIQN OVRIL SANDWICHES Mix a little with cream-cheese or butter and spreaa ai a lanawica pane it . THE DAILY NEWS. PKINCE KUl'EHT - BRITISH COLUMBIA Published Every Afternoon. Except Sunday, by Prince Rupert Daily News. Limited, Third Avenu IL P. PULLEN - - Managing-Editor Contract rates on application. Editor and Reporters' Telephone Advertising and Circulation Telephone Member of Audit Bureau of Circulations 86 ..!8 Thursday, August 13, 1931 THE FEDERAL BY-ELECTIONS While the government still maintains its former margin of strength and the Liberals have actually lost a seat as a result of the federal by-elections this week, the Conservative party can hardly derive a great deal of satisfaction out of the outcome of those contests, The inclination of good old Quebec to get on the band wagon can undoubtedly be seen in the Three Rivers-St. Maurice result where a Conservative displaced a Liberal, even though it may have been by the very narrowest of majorities. Under ordinary circumstances a government might be expected to have the odds in its favor in a by-election such as this. The result was close enough to justify the assumption that it might have been different had the government been Liberal instead of Conservative. Possibly the result in East Hamilton, Ont., was more significant, t Here a Laborite captured the seat from the Conservative column by a sweeping majority, giving Conservative Ontario its first Labor member of the House of Commons; The government prestige did not hold here as it might have been expected to. Political observers may have some justification in seeing in the result of the East Hamilton contest a censure upon the government for its unemployment policy or lack of such. ' In any case, the two by-elections- were interesting enough and will no doubt have given much source for speculation in circles political. H 14 ft POPULATION GROWTH During the World War the population increase of England and Wales dropped from 350,000 a year to 180,000. During the last 10 years it recovered sufficiently to main-, tain an average of 210,000 a year. Of the total gain for the decade nearly one-half was accounted for by Greater Lon-1 don. j The British Isles havo rlnnlfparprl thp United States In these particulars. Both are rapidly replacing the lost man power sacrificed in the war and in both the urban population has grown much faster than the rural population. Neither the United States nor England has increased in population as rapidly since the war as before the war. Restricted immigration and the depression explain the lower rate of increase on this side of the Atlantic, and industrial demoralization and unemployment have kept England's population down. m HOPING FOR AGREEMENT To the people of Peace River the statement regarding the outlet to the Pacific that the minister of railways made on Wednesday must prove very disappointing, said the Edmonton Journal in a recent editorial. They have had! promises held out to them for so long a period that their j patience is exhausted. It cannot be denied, as the minister said, that 1t is far better to have the two railways agree ' upon one specific route than to take chances in undertak-I ing the construction of a road which has not been decided upon by agreement one railway engineer taking one view and another, suggesting something different7' But! there was reason to hope that, after all the surveys and negotiations which have been conducted, an agreement in that respect would now have been reached and it is disconcerting to be informed that the two companies have been unable to come to this. The government intends to appoint a board of engineers, of which it will select one member and the companies the other two, for the purpose of determining which is the best route to take. The minister himself proposes to visit I eace River this summer and make a personal investigation, hen ho has to deal with a nroblem of such importance, it is natural that he should seek first hand knowledge of the territory that the outlet will serve and he can hardly fall to return without being impressed by the claims for Its construction that have been persistently put forward for many years. From the body of experts that is to lie constituted It is not too much to look for an early and satisfactory decision. A wealth of material has already been assembled on which to base their findings. When these are available the government will be expected to take prompt action in accordance with the pledges that were given before it came into office. LETTER BOX H .MOSQUITOES ABSENT Editor, Dally News: An item appears In your issue of August 10 in the Terrace column, whiuh casts an undeserved slur up on 'a resort that is as popular with Prince Rupert people as with purr ralvev This news items speaks of legions of mosquitoes at Lakelse Lake welcoming the visitors there, and we protest very strongly against 't. because It is not true. On the contrary, the familiar little pest has been conspicuous by its absence and we have had the pleasure of seeing various Prince Rupert organizations enjoying the camping. First we had your Sea Cadets, then the Girl Guides, and the Boy Scouts, and we are under the impression that none of these young people were at all anxious to go back to home and duty. In fact, to make a long story a short one, the lake has been, and still is. perfectly beautiful and an Ideal camping ground and there has been a great increase in the number of summer camps established by the Terrace residents. It seems such a pity to give your readers a wrong idea of Lakejse Lake and we thirtk the item referred to much have emanated from some correspondent who was temporarily suffering from a bad liver. W. SHERWOOD, Secretary, Terrace & District Board of Trade. A letter from the B. C. Hospital! Association, read at last night's hospital board meeting announced that the lorthcomlng convention In Victoria would consist entirely of a round table discussion of hospital questions instead of the usual program of papers. Miss Jean Harrison, R.N., lady superintendent, will represent the local hospital at the convention. READY FOR CUP RACE Fos!es& of Seap:s:ips and Best Of High Speed" Idiots Almost Ready For tirf-at Test On Sept. 12 LONDON. Aug. 1" -Entry on th.-ilnal stages of iK-uataiion 1 the Internationa! . imcjrlcr Tr.j phy contest the world'a gr jped event was r.:.uk?:l by in arrival recently at,Clshot air stntiun. headquarters .pi 'in co-vmet:; teams, of the fur: British .racing seaplane specially built this ye; to defend the 'trophy against the challenges of France and Italy. The contest will take place Sept. 12, when once again over the go-lent and Spithead th" fastest vehicles the world has over seen will dispute possession if the most coveted aviation trohy. Within n month the French :nd th? Italian teams will be pr.v.-tislnii for th race in their new seaplanes, and the air above Swtii-impt jn Water will resound with the row af mlghtv engine as the beautiful rraft sweep by. The new British machine is a scpermarlne SO monoplane similar In general appearance to the craft which won th Tnnhy at an av erage speed of 323.63 mile an hor In 1929 but driven by a Rolls-Royce motor developing considerably greater power than the I.90J h p. in the 1929 ere'nes and Iqcot- noratlns: certain dp'ifin improvements. It is s'lgh'Iy larger than the 1029 machines because of the need to carry a b'tceer load of fuel for the more powerful engine, and provides increased radiator cooJ-jng service. A sister craft is In an advanced stage of construction and, these two seaplanes will both fly In the raee, the third member of the team bing rebuilt 1929 Su-permarlne monoplane. t The Speed Men The British hii?h-speed pilots, Says!! SHHHlfcw. iiH AgnSggfl&>i I JK&lggjjr Thursday, August 13 l93, A gentleman's drink but priced for the thrifty MAGNUM (StuiiUMsei) 12-OZ.SIZE ..... (2 glasses) SPLIT . ... (fioiiiiMt)".- ; . . PLUS RETURNABLE DEPOSIT !undtr the leadership of Squadro. ' Leader A. H. Qrlebar, holder of th world's speed record of 357.7 m.p i h., are flying regularly In sei- plants built for the 1929 event, hi ' eluding the beautiful bronae Olos-! ter moropLane built around a Na pier racing power unit. The S5; monoplane w.t '-It was victorious at i Venice in 1927 and Gloat r biplane j are also in almost daily use. Flvs' men are In training Flight Lieut 1 enants O. H. Stalnforth, J. N. j Boothman and F. W. Long, and' flying officers O. L. Brinton and L. S. Snaith; from them will be selected later on the three men whj will fly for Britain on September 12. One only among them. Flight! Lieutenant Stalnforth. was a mem -I "blacking out" a minutes. at extremely 30c 20c 15c v?r of th? High Sp.ied Section In! miles an hour. France is m 1929, when persistent and ball jtlcent. but It Is known xu...-ling cartmratlon trouble kept Win new engine have been . and the machine he bad chosen Iron a test for some time s fly out of the race. Stalnforth was ' teams representing both -u .. considered by many experu to he' Ing nations come to the . very nearly the best of the raag-'Une wc shall undoubtedly niflcent unit under Orelbar's com- most terrific contest in th. mand in 1926; to supreme skill and! of mechanl-.-I racing, ith daring he added the Invaluable at-. peting craft accelerating : tribute of a cast-iron physlqu ' "ttraighU" of the triangular which rendered him pra-tical'y tp velocities of nearly sevci Immune from the effects of turning high speed. I From Dezenzano. in Italy. ther Dr H. O. Johnsen. who h i come reports that newly designed spending the past couple f seaplanes, possessing novel features it Port Clements and else! in arrangement of engines and the Queen Charlotte IM.un airscrews, are expected to attain turned to the city on Ui speeds in the neighborhood of 41 Charles this morning Slllll iTgi HHIII Mac Arthur Wait for 11 ! Watch for It! Don't Buy a Thing ! It's Coming With a Bang!! SATURDAY MORNING FULL RKADY AT THK STROKE! OF NINK ANNETTE Quits Business in Prince Rupert MacArthur "The Close-Out Man" sells the Stock "Lock, Stock and Barrel" "It will be the biggest broadcast and most far-reaching bargain event that Prince Rupert ever witnessed" s Store Closed Until Saturday "See tomorrow night's News for full and complete details" "MacArthur" The Close-out Man, Selling Annette's Ladies' Wear Stock Complete to the "Bare Walls"