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PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
DECEMBER
5,
1931
CHINA
WILL
NOT
LEAVE
RAILWAY
INVESTIGATION
IS
UNDER
WAY
IN
MONTREAL
Sir
Henry
Thornton
And
Other
National
If
Adverse
Conditions
Continue,
Canadian
Pacific
May
Have
to
Cancel
Dividends
Altogether,
Hon.
It.
J.
Manion
Declares
MONTREAL,
Dec.
5:
The
Royal
Commission
investi-pf
ing
the
transportation
system
of
Canada
got
under
way
yrs-t.orday
when
Sir
Henry
Thqrntqn,
president,
and
other
officials
of
the
Canadian
National
Railways
were
examined
for
three
hours.
President
E,
W..
Beattie
and
other
officials
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
will
appear
before
the
commission
today
lor
ex
AQUARIUM
POSSIBLE
A.
E
I'arlow
Makes
Suggestion
to
Chamber
of
Commerce
Which
Will
Be
Followed
Up
A
the
insance
of
A.
E.
Parlow,
i'iirt
lortsl
mrrcc
iat
man
i
ai
;
a
move
with
the
object
of
nmg
the
establishment
of
an
-urn
In
the
city,
poasibly
at
Fisheries
Experimental
Station.
m
st
step,
John
Dybhavn,
who
'
lu
mber
of
the
Biological
Board,
is
'd
to
find
out
if
the
ground
:
,ii
the
old
building
could
be
t
vd
for
museum
and
aquarium
Ul
jUl.M'S.
!'
introducing
the
subject
Mr.
j
r
i
w
mentioned
that
an
aquar-i.
would
be
a
great
attraction
to'
'in
st.s
and
also
It
would
havej
r
i
educational
value,
especially
!
ik
children
of
the
city.
Itj
i
be
of
Interest
to
old
and
The
present
he
considered
i.U
be
an
opportune
time
to
get
!
quarlum.
M'
Dybhavn
said
the
Blologlqal
C
'id
had
not
yet
got
to
a
place
v
:
''
it
considered
it
could
estab-unything
of
this
kind
but
he
1
iht
it
would
be
glad
to
co-opCr-with
nny
other
organization
in
tvnrlc.
lie
would
bring
It
up
At
tii-xt
meeting.
i
Tom
orrow
s
Tides
Sunday,
December
6,
1D31
ii
10:27
a.m.
21:6
ft.
23:24
pan.
18:8
ft.
4:05
a.m.
7:1
IV
17:08
p.m,
3:7
ft.
t
ii
irjed
with
drunkenness
In
'
court
this
morning,
Richard
v
Uiams
was
remanded
until
Mon-
clothes
needed
TOR
MEN
WHO
AUK
NOW
UNEMPLOYED
Mayor
Orme
Is
making
an-
'hrr
anDeal
on
behalf
of
the
Hulvatlon
Army
for
clothes
for
'hose
who
arc
In
need
of
them
the
present
time.
Tills
has
,
no
connection
with
the
Christ-
nns
dinner
and
hamper
fund
which
will
be
entirely
separate.
The
mayor
said
this
morning
thilt
the
mnf
ripmnnH
vian
fnr
men's
clothes
and
shoes.
While
nil
kinds
of
clothes
can
be
used
with
advantage
the
appeal
Is
more
particularly
directed
for
men.
They
should
be
sent
to
the
Salvation
Army
citadel.
4
-t
Officials
Examined
th
amination.
Hon.
R.
J.
Manion,
minister
of
railways,
outlining
the
present
financial
position
of
the
two
railways,
declared
that,
should
adverse
conditions-continue,-
there
was
even
possibility
of
complete
cancellation
of
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
dividends.
tfhe
Commission
decided
today
that
It
would
hold
the
most
of
Its
meetings
in
camera.
J.
Y.
Rochester
"'
x5I"-'T-
Veteran
superintendent
of
the
C.
N.
R.
Barge
and
Ferry
Service,
who
has
retired
to
private
life
after
15
years
with
the
company.
Mr.
Rochester
Is
an
old
timer
in
the
west
and
worked
on
the
construction
of
the
Government
Telegraph
line
in
the
Yukon
in
1899.
He
was
born
In
Burnstown,
Renfrew
County,
in
1852.
Following
his
retirement
he
will
reside
in
Vancouver.
Mr.
Rochester
lived
In
Prince
Rupert
in
the
early
days.
GANDHI
ON
WAY
HOME
IndWn
Nationalist
Leader
Warns
SWcDonald
That
Civil
Dlsobe-
cKcncc
Campaign
Will
Rc
Itenewed
LONDON,
Dec.
5-Warnlng
Prr-,!..
t
nnrnnav
MacDonald
that
I
he
-Intended
to
reorganise
a
clv'l
disobedience
campaign
on
a
wrs
scale
than
ever
attempted
before.
Mahatma
Oandhl,
Indian
Nation-
allst
leader,
who
has
been
nere
ior
'several
weeks
attending
tne
rouna
of
hH
table
conference
on
affairs
country,
left
London
yesterday
on
his
return
home
Upward
of
200.000
persons
live
on
Jwater
craft
at
Canton,
China.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
CHAMBER
WILL
ACT
Local
Views
Will
Be
Placed
Before
Hallways
Commission
Now
Sitting
In
East
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
ofj
Commerce
decided
at
its
meeting
j
last
night
that
it
would
take
an
ac-tlve
Interest
In
the
railways
com-mLiSlon
which
has
Just
commenced
!
investigations
in
the
east.
A
tele-!
gram
is
being
sent
them
asking
If
they
are
to
visit
Prince
Rupert
and
if
not.
a
brief
will
hi
rvrpnarprt
pIv-
I
Ing
local
views
on
a
number
of
matters
and
be
laid
before
the
commission.
The
matter
was
Introduced
last
night
by
George
Nickerson,
who
mentioned
the
wide
powers
the!
commission
had
been
given.
They
were
prepared
to
accept
representations
from
all
parts
of
the
country
and
as
there
were
a
number
of
Important
matters
affecting
Prince
Rupert
which
might
come
up,
he
thought
the
local
chamber
should
take
action.
He
moved
that
a
committee
be
appointed
to
act
in
cooperation
with
the
city
council
hi
collecting
data
and
making
representations.
.
::
-
v
,
The
resolution
was
seconded
by
Alderman
Collart
who
mentioned
that
this
seemed
to
be
the
last
chance
for
Prince
Rupert
to
get
recognition
as
a
port.
ZZJttXZS?
nVthc
Of!?""
"f
Commerce
Van
couver
Stocks
tOourttsj
8.
D.
JxBnitm.
Co.
Big
Missouri
15,
16.
Cork
Province,
1.
2.
George
Copper,
nil,
30.
Oeorgia
River,
3,
3.
Oolconda.
25,
30.
Grandvlew,
5Vi,
6.
Independence,
1,
lMi-Kootenay
Florence,
1,
14.
Kootenay
King,
1,
IVt.
Lucky
Jim,
2,
3.
Morton
Woolsey,-
2,
3.
National
Sliver,
2.
24.
NobleVive.
6.
Oregon
Copper,
24,
2t.
Pcnd
Oreille.
95,
1.00.
Premier,
63,
nil.
Porter-Idaho.
7,
8.
Reeves
Macdonald,
30,
35.
Ruth-Hope,
nil,
64-Silver
Crest,
1,
3.
Silverado,
34,
nil.
OILS
A.
P.
Con
12.
14.
Calmont,
6,
8.
Dalhousle,
21,
nil.
Tabyan
Pete,
14,
2.
Home,
46,
nil.
Royallte,
650.
7.00.
Merland,
54,
nil.
Mercury,
10,
11.
United,
8.
10.
Dem
J...i!.
,
n
;s
jur
bee:
Mr.
and
Mrs,
Just
Become
Engaged
Hanstoi'.k
Hytio
Pun:
Attachment
of
Japanese
Salmon
Fishing
Licences
to
Be
Taken
Up
By
Local
At
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
one
of
the
important
subjects
to
be
discussed
will
be
that
of
the
attachment
of
Japanese
fishing
licences
to
various
eannerips.
That
action
was
deridprl
nnnn
nr.
tVi
mariner
Dury
presiuing,
wnen
lengtny
Northern
B.
C.
Salmon
Ftshermen't
Association,
the
Skeena
FUher-
men's
Association
and
the
Prince
i
Rupert
Japanese
Association.
The
letters
asked
for
the
support
of
the
chamser
in
securing
the
freeing
of
these
licences
from
the
canneries
and
the
placing
of
Ja-1
panose
fishermen
on
the
same
foot-:
Grain
Continuing
to
Pour
Into
Lo-Ing
as
other
fishermen,
allowing!
cal
Elevator
But
None
is
them
to
sell
their
catches
wherever
they
wish.
The
Japanese
alto
asked
that
In
;
the
Issuing
of
licences
residents
of
the
district
be
given
first
consideration.
'
One
paragraph
from
one
of
the
letters
explains
the
position
of
the
Japanese
fishermen:
"It
was
and
is
the
custom
ol
the
canntng
companies
to
give
to
what
1
lh
known
as
a
'contractor'
the
power
to
find
and
deliver
to
the
cannery
In
time
for
fishing
oper-
atlons
the
designated
number
of
Japanese
permitted
by
the
Depart-
ment
of
Fisheries
and
the
result
Is
that
this
contractor
can
procure
'
J
from
the
applicant
Japanese
abso-
I
lute
obedience
to
any
program
die-1
UUd
by
the
canner
he
may
repre-
wiU.
"As
a
sample
of
the
dictation
ap-
!
piled
I
would
merely
cite
the
iol
Mowing
which
appeara
vicious
en-I
(Continued
on
page
four.)
A
Gathering
of
Ocean
vs
i
.hr
MomKied-Boxer,"
fiie
2t-ya.;-old
daughter
of
Plu
.c
London
Here
they
are.
Commerce
Chamber
last
night,
Aid.
J.
H.
Pill.,-
letters
were
read
irom
the
M
J
I
lttTi"VI"iT
W
(
I
If
I
I
11V
17
JZU
OF
SHIPS
Going
Out
While
grain
from
the
prairies
Is
'Still
continuing
to
flow
Into
the
house,
no
information
Is
as
yet
available
as
to
when
shins
mav
be
wpected
nm
to
load
0ut
grain
cari0
(rom
lhc
Alb9rta
wheat
Pool's
local
elevator.
At
the
rate
wheat
has
been
coming
In.
it
will
not
be
long
before
the
elevator
Is
full.
iifPATUCD
WtAlHhK
Kfcl
DCDftDT
UKI
Dead
Tree
Polnt-Raln,
calm;
barometer.
30.16:
temneraturo.
34:
g
smooth.
Ungara
Overcast,
light
south-
jeriy
wtn(1:
ught
swell.
Triple
Island
Rain,
light
north-
west
wind,
light
swell.
Digby
Island
Rain,
light
variable
wind:
barometer,
30.24;
temperature,
39;
sea
smooth.
Liners
lT
3j'
i
Looking
like
a
convention
of
ocean
Unci's,
nine
giant
vpsaeb
h
n
mg
a
tou)
tonnug
of
more
than
315,000
are
seen
lying
in
thru
Southampton
dock-
CHINCHOW
Sze
Says
His
People
Would
Fight
and
Die
Rather
Than
Evacuate
Railway
Centre
in
Proposed
Neutral
Zone
Promises
to
Be
Stumbling
Block
in
Settlement
of
i
Manchurian
Situation
PARIS,
Dec.
5:
Difficulties
which
League
of
Nations
has
been
encountering
in
its
efforts
to
bring
about
a
peaceful
solution
of
the
Manchurian
difficulties
between
China
and
Japan
became
further
complicated
today
when
Dr.
i
Alfred
Sze,
Chinese
representative
to
the
League,
told
leaders
of
the
council
of
the
League
that
China
will
not
evacuate
Chlnchow
but
will
fight
14
v-
-
g
bLALlNli
!
IS
DOWN
Production
of
Both
Lo;s
and
For
est
Products
In
District
Lower
Than
Last
Year
Log
scaling
In
Prince
Rupert
forestry
district
tor
the
month
of
V6VEaSe'f.:tE&
Vearjatairca
.7.424.-
'467
board
feet
as
compared
with
14,144.881
board
feet
in
the
sam-1
month
last
year.
So
far
this
year
jscalings
have
reached
an
aggregate
,
of
91,363,090
board
feet
as
against
135.213,937
board
feet
In
the
first
i
eleven
months
of
1930.
Log
scaling
per
varieties
In
the
district
during
the
month
of
November
this
year
was
a3
follows,
figures
for
November
last
year
also
being
given
for
purposes
of
comparison:
Nov.
31
Nov.
"30
Board
Ft.
Board
Fi.
Fir
164.115
281.851
Cedar
299.119
2.643.349
Spruce
4.241.275
4.893.156
Hemlock
1.814359
4.M0.9P3
Balsam
902.833
2.314.1P?
Jackplne
2,711
U7S
Totals
7.424.467
14.144,881
Forest
Products
For
November
this
year
pole
and
n41e
production
amounted
to
21.53.S
lineal
feet
including
21.100
lineal
feet
cedar
and
495
lineal
feet
bal-
jsam
as
compared
with
101,486
lineal
feet
made
up
of
98,472
lineal
jfeet
cedar
and
3.014
lineal
feet
-
In
the
same
month
last
year.
Cord
production
for
November
this
year
totalled
62
as
against
7.-212
last
year.
Hewn
ties
for
this
Novembe.
numbered
3.242
pieces
308
pieces
fir,.
330
pieces
hemlock
and
2.60'!
pieces
Jackplne
as
against
71.410
pieces
1.231
fir
and
70,149
Jackplne,
last
year.
Miss
Lamont
of
.Toronto
Will
Be
Special
Speaker
Miss
P.
B.
Lamont
Of
Toronto
is
to
be
the
special
speaker
at
Flrt
'Presbyterian
Church
on
Sunday
;
morning.
Miss
Lamont
Is
field
secretary
for
Westorn
Canada
of
the
Women's
Missionary
Society
of
the
';
Presbyterian
Church
In
Canada
and
Is
both
an
interesting
and
ca-ipable
speaker.
It
Is
expected
that
;
during
the
coming
week
many
other
'
meetings
will
be
arranged
at
which
Miss
Lamont
will
speak.
Walter
Hume,
who
has
been
on
a
trip"
to
Montreal
on
business
In
connection
with
his
duties
as
dry
dock
accountant,
returned
to
the
city
on
this
morning's
train.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
and
die
there
If
necessary.
It
had
been
proposed
by
the
council
that
both
Japan
and
China
should
evaluate
a
neutral
zone
including
.
Clilnchow
which
it
was
proposed
to
I
set
up
In
Manchuria.
Japanese
re-S
presentatlves.
had
Indicated
that
they
were
prepared
to
accept
such
a
proposal
In
principle.
BOY
SCOUT
GATHERING
Scoutmaster's
Appointment
Presented
to
Duncan
Miller
Last
Night
'
Oirl
Ouides
of
First
Prince
Rupert
Company
were
the
guests
of
Third
Prince
Rupert
Troop
of
Boy
Scouts
at
a
social
evening
last
night
In
First
United
Church
HalL
Games
and
basketball
were
enjoyed
after
which
all
sat
down
to
refreshments.
Mayor
Cyril
H.
Orme,
who
was
present,
presented
badges
to
the
following
Scouts:
Tenderfoot,
John
Dahl.
Second
Class,
Pat
Phllllpson.
Cyclists
Leslie
Wilson,
Joe
Nay-'or,
Ernest
Santerbane,
Ocorge
Vlereck
and
.Pat
Phllllpson.
Service
Stars
Joe
Naylor
and
George
Vlereck
(three
years);
Ernest
Santerbane
and
Harry
Edgar
two
years);
Martin
Erikson
and
Alt
Larsen
(one
year).
Leslie
Wilson
was
presented
with
hts
patrol
leader's
badge,
having
ieen
promoted
to
that
rank
recently.
A
Warrant
of
Appointment
as
Scoutmaster,
personally
signed
by
Lord
Bessbo
rough.
Governor
General
and
Chief
Scout
for
Canada,
was
presented
to
Duncan
Miller
after
he
had
affirmed
the
Boy
Scout
Promise
made
when
he
Joined
tho
movement
11
years
ago.
This
pro-entatlon
was
also
made
by
Mayor
Orme.
Wheat
Gains
Again
VANCOUVER,
Dec.
5:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
624c
on
the
local
exchange
today,
an
advance
of
more
than
one
cent
over
yesterday's
price.
TRADE
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN
CANADA
AND
BRAZIL
MADE
RIO
DE
JANEIRO,
Dec.
5:
A
commercial
agreement
be-
tween
Brazil
and
Canada
was
signed
provisionally
yesterday.
It
Is
provisional
because
It
must
have
the
approval
of
the
Canadian
Parliament
before
becoming
effective.
MM