Toda)
I
ather
DIgby
Islan
a
.5
light
north
westerly
winta
5
tcr,
38:12;
temperature,
Vn-
w
chop.
'
61
t-
VaL
XXII..
No.
121
-i
g
PREMIER
Stevens
Says
It
Is
Only
Temporary
Expedient
and
That
Advantages
Will
Be
Restored
to
Canadian
Goods
Under
New
Understanding
WELLINGTON.
New
Zealand.
June
1:
The
New
Zea
land
povernment
today
decided
that
the
entire'
range
of
f
anadian
imports,
with
the
exception
of
gumboots
and
ri
riain
classes
of
paper
and
wire,
shall
be
placed
on
the
mitral
tariff
list.
This
action
is
taken
as
a
consequence
of
uiiuro
to
reach
an
agreement
with
Canada
regarding
re-
i
t..1
tarUfs.
TTAWA.
June
1:
Hon.
H.
H.
.
v
n.
minuter
of
trade
and
com-
""
"T1
U!C
NW
ZOa"
!
CANADIAN
Alii
MAIL
miui
acuuu
u
u.ujr
icwpui-
;
rnM.sure.
pending
tne
signing
now
treaty
which
would
re-'
tir
advantages
of
the
British
-
nc'
on
Canadian
goods.
WEATHER
FOR
MAY
4
Only
Halt
Sunshine
and
Twice
Rainfall
As
Same
Month
Last
Year
nice
Rupert
in
the
month
of
Mr.
t
in.s
year
had
only
about
halt
.ut'h
sunshine
as
in
the
same
pvn!
Mi
last
year
while
there
was
us
much
rain.
In
the
month
nded
there
was
a
total
predion
of
8.42
inches
as
compared
Jour
inches
in
May.
1930.
Sun-for
i-,n
this
May
totalled
91.1
ux
against
183.4
hours.
I
ir
this
year
there
has
been
a
ol
210
S
hours
of
sunshine
as
irod
with
577.1
hours
in
the
I
ivr
months
of
1930.
Preeiplta-'
far
tlili
year
has
aggregated
inches
as
against
28.14
inches
'
corresponding
period
of
last
:
i'
weather
summary
for
May
1
-
cur,
as
announced
this
morn-1
in
R.
o.
Emmereon,
Dlgby
11-1
Dominion
meteorologist,
was
i
billows:
U
gliest
barometer
reading,
30.60
i
M.iy
10.
j
'.west
barometer
rending.
2059
I
i
M
iy
23.
I)i
,:hcst
temperature,
71
on
May
L"'am
temperature,
32
on
May
10.
M
.in
temperature,
48.
r
'!'
ipltatlon,
8.42
lnchos.
Tinsiune.
01.1
hours.
I
urty
Men
Go
Out
For
Road
Work
on
Far
Side
of
Rapids
A
rcw
of
forty
men
left
this
!l
'"'iiiiir
to
be
employed
pn
Skecna
r
''
highway
construction
work
'
H"'
other
side
of
Oalloway
Un-i
11
hi
order
to
provide
work
for
'
inpinycd,
tho
system
of
chang-!;
k'ws
periodically
Is
being
con-
TKOLLKRS
LOSING
MONKY,
TYING
UP
"w
price
conditions,
It
la
''ured,
may
force
a
number
of
"i"1
irollcrs
Into
port
soon.
It
Is
'''
'
Urcd
that
they
cannot
op-'
1
uo
under
present
prices
and
"'it
they
must
stop
fishing
In
'
i
that
they
may
pot
lose
'"'wy
further.
v
SERVICES
WILL
HE
ENTIRELY
CUT
OUT
OTTAWA.
June
1:
All
air
mall
service
In
Canada
will
be
4
4-
cancelled
at
an
early
date.
The
decision
of
Premier
R.
B.
Ben-
nett
to
abandon
the
senrle
was
made
known
last
night
.Hciy
deficits
in
postal
opeja-
4
lions
are
understood
to
be
the
reason
for
the
curtailment.
Halibut
Sale:
Summary
American
180.000
pound.
6.7c
and
3c
to
8.4c
and
4c;
left
port.
87,-
1000
pounds:
holding
over.
2,GO0
pounds.
Canadian
105.000
pounos,
ac
ana
3c
to
6.2c
and
3c.
American
Eclipse.
28.000,
offered
6c
and
3c.
holding
over.
Akutan.
36.000:
North,
27,000,
and
Kanaga.
24.000.
refused
fic
and
3c
and
left
for
Ketchikan.
Radio.
21.000.
Royal.
0.7o
and
3c.
Sea
Bird.
15.000,
Cold
Storage.
7.8c
and
4c.
Bollnda.
14.000.
Booth,
7.8c
ana
4c.
Bonanaa.
16,000.
Booth,
8.4c
and
Reliance.
1200.
Booth,
8.2c
and
Tyee,
10.000.
Royal
8c
and
4e.
Zarembo,
10,000.
Paelfle.
7.4e
and
Nancy.
11000.
Pacific.
8Jc
and
4c.
Augusta.
15.000.
AUm,
83c
and
4c.
Urania,
17.000.
Atlln,
6.9e
and
3c.
Orayllng.
18.000.
Cold
Storage.
7.1c
and
4c.
Onah,
13.000.
Atlln.
7-flc
ana
c
Canadian
Ottpe
Beale.
35.000,
Cold
BtonMte.
5o
and
3c.
Melville.
15,000.
Royal.
6.1c
and
3o.
Royal
III,
8.500.
Atlln,
6c
and
3C.
Johanna.
12,000.
Atlln.
65
and
3c.
Southend.
14.000.
refused
6.1c
and
3c
holding
over.
Drott,
7,000,
Booth.
Oc
ana
x.
Prosperity
A..
9.000.
Cold
Storage.
6.1c
and
3c.
Ingrld
H..
5.000;
Nuba.
woo.
ana
Aiken,
3.000,
Cold
Storage,
6c
and
3c.
OPEN
SALE
OF
WHEAT
Is
Approved
By
Manitoba
Wheat
Pool
and
Goes
Inlo
Lffcct
Today
WINNIPEO.
June
I:
Open
market
selling
of
wheat
and
other
grains
has
been
opprovoa
w
'Manitoba
Wheat
Pool
and
goes
Into
'effect
today.
foe
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
MONDAY,
JUNE
1,
1931
BENNETT
PRESE
NEW
ZEALAND
CUTS
CANADA
OFF
PREFERENTIAL
Southern
Dominion
Has
Taken
Action
Because
No
Agreement
Reached
Hon.
Lord
Carnegie
Inspecting
Hon
lord
Carole
accompanieJ
by
Master
Archie
Erskine.
inspect
opening
of
the
Episcopal
Youn-s
People's
mission
sale
at
the
Musi?
shows:
Loitf
Carn'-gic.
iccompu
led
by
Master
Archie
Erskine.
tns.i,;
His
First
To
Dominion;
Deficit
Announced
Kcvcnuc
For
Fiscal
Year
Ending
in
March
'Was
$75,000,-000
Less
Than
Expenditure
Conditions
Are
Reviewed
By
Rt.
Hon.
R.
B.
Bennett
OTTAWA,
June
1:
Before
a
packed
house
and
crowded
galleries,
Premier
R,.
B.
Bennett
today
presented
his
first
budget
to
the
House
of
Commons,
announcing
a
deficit
of
slightly
more
than
$75,000,000
for
the
fiscal
year
ending
March
31.
Subscriptions
to
the
recently
floated
conversion
loan
were
placed
at
$027,000,000.
Net
debt
of
Canada,
the
Premier
announced.
Is
FLIGHT
IS
ABANDONED
Thomas
Ash
Unable
to
Take
Plane
on
With
Sufficient
Load
of
Gas
For
Hop
TOKYO,
June
1:
Thomas
Ash,
for
the
third
time,
was
forced
today
to
postpone
his
proposed
nonstop
trans-Pacific
flight
and
it
was
then
announced
that
he
had
abandoned
the
attempt
owing
to
the
plane's
failure
to
perform
satisfactorily,
lie
was
unable
to
take
the
cumbersome
machine
off
with
sufficient
load
or
gasoline.
The
plane
in
which
Ash
has
been
making
the
attempt
to
span
the
Pacific
Ocean
is
the
"City
of
Tncnnia,"
the
same
machine
In
which
Harold
Itrnmley
last
year
failed
to
cross
the
ocean.
Home
of
Mrs.
Paul
Aivazoff
Is
Burglarized
The
home
of
Mr.
P.
Alvamtf.
1681
Wt
Twenty-eight
Avenue.
Vancouver,
was
broken
into
and
looted
of
Jewelry
and
clothing
to
the
value
of
several
hundred
dollar,
last
week.
Financial
Statement
$2,260,000,000.
Total
expenditures
iare
placed
at
$440,000,000
with
re-!
venues
of
$356,000,000.
The
Premier
I
explained
that
$8,000,000
advanced
as
loans
on
soldiers'
settlement
hud
I
not
been
considered
in
arriving
at
the
deficit.
Reviewing
condlUons,
Premier
Bennett
stated
that
customs
revenue!
were
down
$48,000,000
and
the
ales
tax
was
lea
than
half
that
collected
last
year.
The
Income
tax
revenue
was
up
by
$2,000,000
to
$71.-000,000.
War
pension
cost
$65,000,-000.
Lighthouse
and
coast
service
had
Increased
by
$500,000.
No
Tariff
Changes
Premier
Bennett
announced
that
the
budget
did
not
provide
for
general
revision
of
the
tariff.
Only
those
Items
which
required
to
be
changed
and
which
would
assist
in
meeting
unemployment
had
been
dealt
with.
He
announced
that
the
government
would
absorb
five
eente
a
bushel
on
the
cost
of
wheat
expyrted.
Sales
-Tax
lip
Increase
of
income
tax
from
eight
to
ten
per
cent
applicable
this
year
on
corporations
and
Joint
stock
companies
was
announced.
The
sales
tax
has
been
Increased
from
one
to
four
per
cent.
To
meet
the
defiett
of
$0,000,000
in
the
postal
department,
the
war
tax
of
one
cent
Is
relmposed
except
on
elty
letters,
the
new
rate
being
three
cents.
This
is
the
most
important
of
a
number
of
postal
revisions.
The
income
tax
exemption
is
raised
from
$3,000
to
$3,500.
Girl
Guides
1
Oirl
Guides
and
Scouts
at
the
"all
Aberdeen,
recently.
Phpto
ing
the
Oirl
Ouides
and
Scouts.
Premier
Bennett
4
'
19
Introduces
ln.s
U:.-i
budget
In
House
oi
Commons
today.
THREE
ARE
DROWNED
Powell
River
Has
Picnic
Tragedy
Gasboat
Upsets
in
Lake
POWELL
RIVER,
June
1:
Three
residents
of
Powell
River
were
drowned
near
Caasiar
Point
In
Powell
Lake
last
evening
and
three
others
were
rescued
after
a
motor-boat,
returning
from
a
plcnio,
cap-steed.
The
dead
are
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Mtllert
Johnson
and
Harold
Skorberg.
Sivert
Slvertson
and
his
mother,
Mrs.
Slvertson,
and
Gus
Callebcrg
are
in
hospital
suffering
from
shock
after
three
hours
of
exposure
in
the
water.
Bach
generation
revolts
against
its
father
and
makes
friends
with
its
grandfther.
Lewis
Mumford.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Tuesday,
June
2,
1931
High
...
1:50
ajn.
22:8
It.
15:00
p.m.
19:1
ft.
Low
...
8:42
am.
1:9
It.
20:42
p.m.
7:9
It.
-UL.U
1J".J
NTS
BUDGET
DeHaviland
Gypsy
Moth
Seaplane,
First
Unit
of
Local
Air
Fleet,
Is
On
Way
Kere
From
Vancouver
First
unit
of
the
aerial
fleet
of
the
newly
formed
Northern
British
Columbia
Airways,
a
DeHaviland
Gypsy
moth
seaplane
equipped
with
a
British
DeHaviland
engine
arid
with
all
other
up-to-date
fittings,
piloted
by
D.
Murphy
and
with
Ole
Rollag
on
board
as
air
engineer,
hopped
off
at-.7
o'clock
this
morning
from
Vancouver
for
Prince
Rupert.
COURT
IN
SESSION
June
Cases
Set
This
Morning
Some
Actions
Are
Disposed
of
!
r,imfv
rnnrt
in
,.i,,
sion
before
Judge
F.
McB.
Young
I
this
morning
for
setting
of
June
cases.
With
the
summer
vacation
starting
next
month,
efforts
will
be
made
to
clean
several
of
the
cases
.
off
the
docket
meantime
while
others
will
he
held
nver
until
Kn.
tember.
Cases
were
set
today
as
fol-
lows:
.
V.
S.
Moore
vs.
J.TH.
Thomasijset)
tied.
Angus
McArthur
vs.
Chatham
Sound
Fishing
St
Packing
Co
dismissed
without
costs
by
consent.
L.
Uuboff
vs.
N.
Veregin
et
al,
stands.
J.
J.
Hepson
vs.
Mayou
Gold
Cop
per
Mining
Co.
Ltd.,
stands
until
September.
Fred
Garner
vs.
Oeorge
Bolen,
stands
until
September.
Herman
Frlckman
vs.
Andrew
McDonald,
June
19.
J.
D.
Fraser
vs.
National
Airplane
Lumber
Co.,
June
12.
Tony
Hniclla
vs.
Andy
Kontra,
dismissed
with
order
that
moneys
In
court
be
paid
to
defendant.
Stecns
Ltd.
vs.
H.
G.
Helgerson
Ltd
.
date
to
be
fixed.
Gus
Pekos
vs.
Killas
St
Christopher.
June
9.
Appeals
Rex
vs
Joseph
Rose,
to
be
fixed.
Rex
vs.
Christian,
to
be
fixed.
One
application
for
naturalization
was
approved
and
another
was
adjourned.
Vancouver
Stocks
ICcurten
S.
D.
Johnitou
Co.
)
Big
Missouri.
21,
23.
Duthie
Mines,
4,
5.
Grandvlew,
3,
nil.
Independence,
nil.
1.
,
Indian
Mines,
I,
1ft.
Kootenay
King,
nil,
Hi.
Lucky
Jim.
1V.
nil.
Morton
Woolsey,
nit,
3.
Marmot
Metals,
nil
National
Silver,
nlf.
2.
Noble
Five,
4,
nil.
Oregon
Copper,
4,
5.
Premier.
70,
nil.
Porter-Idaho,
5,
C.
Reeves
Macdonald,
20,
25.
Snowflake,
2.
21fc.
Toplcy
Richfield.
1.
Hi.
Whitewater.
4.
nil.
Woodbine,
4,
1.
OILS
Hargal,
6,
nil.
A.
P.
Con.,
16,
18.
Home,
50,
55.
Royallte,
nil,
8.00.
Mercury.
17Vk.
18V.
!
Mcrland.
8,
nil.
Eastern
Stocks
Noranda,
16.00,
nil.
Int.
Nickel,
10.00,
10.50.
C.
P.
R..
25.50,
26.00.
Vancouver
Wheat
VANCOUVER.
June
1
Wheat
was
quoted
at
56Vic.
on
the
local
exchange
today.
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
TARIFF
u
me
snip
arrivea
safely
at
Alert
Bay
and
will
break
the
hop
there
for
re-
fuelling.
If
all
goes
well,
the
ma
chine
should
arrive
here
tomorrow,
stopping
en
route
at
Swanson
Bay.
The
plane
has
two
scats
in
open
cockpits
and
Is
well
fitted
for
passenger
and
freight
service
in
which
it
would
be
operated
out
of
here.
Pilot
Murphy
is
both
a
navigator
and
air
engineer.
He
will
be
in
lull
charge
of
the
plane
in
the
service
out
of
here.
The
plane
is
the
same
athat
hLch
J!?
I"
c
'
from
England
10
Australia
last
summer-
"
"
!fi
l
nmc
PannmiA
VfUDlUlUD
UCVCllUC
.Shows
Decrease
Every
month''tTlih
Year
is
Down
From
Last
While
Aggregate
shows
Ninety
Per
Cent
Drop
Customs
and
excise
collections
at
the
port
of
Prince
Rupert
for
tho
month
of
May
totalled
$21,574
as
compared
with
$26,661.01
In
thj
same
month
last
year.
For
the
first
five
months
of
this
year
customs
revenue
has
amounted
to
$51,417.80
as
against
$99,511.91
for
a
corres-,
ponding
period
In
1930,
every?
month
this
year
having
shown
&!
decrease
from
last.
Motored
Across
Continent;
Will
;
Visit
Simpson
Having
motored
from
Toronto
to
Hazclton.
Stanley
Wilson
and
Miss
Margaret
Wilson,
brother
and
si
ter
of
Mrs.
R.
O.
Large
of
Port
Simpson,
arrived
in
the
city
from,
the
interior
on
yesterday
after
noon's
train.
They
will
pay
a
vls't
at
Port
Simpson
and.
with
Dr.
an.1
Mrs.
Large
and
will
visit
elsewhere
on
the
coast.
"
NO
FIRE
LOSS
HERE
IN
MAY
Damage
So
Far
This
Year
Totals
1,388
as
Against
$10,355
There
was
no
damage
from
fire
In
Prince
Rupert
during
the
month
of
May.
There
were
five
alarms
during
the
month,
three
being
for
bush
fires,
one
for
a
smoke
scare
and
one
false
alarm-Fire
damage
in
Prince
Rupert
so
far
this
year
has
totalled
$1388
as
compared
with
$10,355
In
the
first
five
months
o'
1030.
There
have
been
a
total
of
31
alarms
this
year
as
compared
with
37
In
the
same
period
last
year.
Police
Court
Fines
Arc
Lower
This
Year
Fines
collected
In
city
police
court
during
the
month
of
May
Just
ended
totalled
$265
as
against
$340
in
the
same
month
last
year.
So
far
this
year
fines
have
totalled
$2,533.50
as
compared
with
$2,-878
in
the
first
five
months
of
193.0,
mm
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