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ibruary
25,
1931
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5-
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5.49
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183
ft.
5"
5"-
,9.15
p.m.
14.4
ft.
:
Mil
its
proposed
policy
of!
unpetltion
with
Italy
ami.;
u
cept
parity
with
that
j
FORD
PLANT
I
IS
COMING!
Hopr
I
mpressed
That
Long-Mooted
UblMimcnt
at
Iturnaby
Will
Materialize
iUVER.
Feb.
34:
Hopes
Ford
Motor
Co.
of
Canada
start
construction
this
British
Columbia
assembly
i.md
which
it
now
holds
In
,
ii
ipallty
of
Burnaby.
ad-
lus
city,
were
expressed
by
;
R
Campbell,
president,
rday.
i
that
the
local
plant
would
i
ictor
in
the
company's
ex-i
u's
but
would
be
merely
to
machines
for
local
sale
In
Canadian
Pacific
Head
Visits
Coast
E
W
Bratty
Refuses
to
Discuss
Matter
of
P.
G.
E.
''trVER,
Feb.
24:
Presi-
W
Beatty
of
the
Canadian
ulway
arrived
here
at
the
in
the
course
of
a
trip
to
He
declined
to
discuss
the
i
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
i
!
though
he
intimated
that
be
conferring
with
Cana-lunu)
authorities
on
the
'
xt
month.
-
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st
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APPROVES
t
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IIALIItUT
TUEATV
ft
'VKHlNCtTON,
D.C
Feb.
24.
Through
j
HI
uUfcll
Medium
.lirUlUlll
Ul
of
UUMIII
Britain,
United
Msies
oupicihe
v....
on
Liquor
Laws,
D.C,
Feb.
ar
WASHINGTON,
WA"iiW"'
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rllitnna(
L..rd
f
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mnfr
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ti
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i
left
yeateroay
lor
parts,
i
isMon.
It
Is
understood,
la
to
,M'h
the
French
sovenaaent
on
Naval
Matters
PARIS,
rtb.
24:
Foreign
Minister
Aristide
Rriand
and
Minister
of.
the
Navy
Charles
Dumont
announced
today
that
Great
Britain
and
France
had
reached
a
naval
accord
In
principle
conditional
upon
ratification
and
participation
by
Italy.
The
arreement
will
be
kept
secret
until
it
has
been
approved
by
Italy.
HOME,
Feb,
31:
Settlement
of
naval
differences
between
France
and
Italy
was
rrgarded
today
in
well
informed
cirrles
as
entirely
possible
under
the
ar-raiucment
.
reported
to
have
been
reached
today
at
Paris
between
France
and
Great
POLICY
OF
STANDOFF
United
Irish
Society
of
Uniled
States
Would
Have
Nothing
to
Do
With
Europe
SAN
FRANCISCO.
Feb.
14:
-A
convention
of
the
United
Irish
Society
observed
Qeorg
Washington's
VALIDITY
QUESTION
11
Decision
Expected
This
Week
From
senate
today
ratified
i
-een
the
the
United
United
;""
e
T
8UPrwne
LMuthisweelt'w
",
.
"
.V
POOLING
FAVORED
Halibut
Boat
Owners
Support
Co-operative
Idea
At
a
joint
meetin:
in
the
City
Hall
last
night
with
rrpre,
sentatives
of
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union,
the
Canadian
Halibut
Vessel
Owners'
Association
went
on
record
as
being
in
favor
of
the
principle
of
deducting:
a'
certain
set
amount
from
the
cross
stock
of
each
trip
in
order
to
create
a
fund
to
provide
for
the
cooperative
or
pool
marketing
of
their
fish.
This
was
the
outcome
of
a
rather
lengthy
discussion
in
which
a
number
of
the
members
of
the
association
discussed
with
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
tonight
In
order
to
learn
the
views
of
the
members
of
that
organization.
'iity
between
re-und
ita
expected
I
to
P
Canada
looking
to
;SUtes
of
p0rt
of
the
Wlckertham
commission
.1
.
.t..
v.-,T..4
I
nrobablv
today,
oruww
wu.j
r"
i
i
vHuon
vauun
ui
oi
me
Liie
nanouv
imiiuuL
t
i
t
if-
.
wimmmi
law
taw
ntrtlon't
prohibition
the
of
the
Northern
Pa-
'
'n'aty
was
'i
on
May
9
last
year.
was
lis
passing.
WANT
ALL
main
a
a
w
ilia
v
uam
w
aava
WINNER
IS
OFF
DOCK
Had
Been
on
Pontoons
For
Over
Three
Weeks
Undergoing
Hull
Repairs
Canadian
National
Steamships
ocean
freighter
Canadian
Winner
came
off
ttie
pontoons
at
the
local
dry
dock
yesterday
afternoon
after
having
been
up
for
over
three
weeks
receiving
hull
repairs.
The
vessel
went
back
to
her
berth
at
the
dock
pier
where,
with
the
Canadian
Ranger,
the
Is
tied
up
for
the
winter.
It
la
not
yet
known
when
the
Canadian
Ranger,
Prince
Charles
and
Prince
William
will
be
taken
on
the
pontoons
for
annual
CONDUCTOR
IS
KILLED
birthday
by
passing
a
resolution
of
j
Charles
A.
Mitchell
Fell
Under
His
confidence
in
the
principle
of
the
own
C.
P.
It.
Train
at
Ituby
Father
of
the
Confederation
of
Creek
on
Sunday
keeping
Independent
from
Kttro-
pean
affairs.
I
VANCOUVER.
Feb.
24:
Charles
Vigorous
denunciation
was
voiced
Mitchell
of
Vancouver,
Canadian
of
the
League
of
Nations
and
thepi,.
Railway
conductor,
was
kil-League
court
and
the
belief
was
ex-
lwj
DV
his
own
freight
train
at
Ruby
pressed
that
United
States
should
creek
Sunday
morning.
No
pne
have
nothing
to
do
with
either.
jaVf
the
accident
but
it
Is
believed
,
that
he
missed
hie
footing
and
fell
.under
the
wheels.
He
was
missed
when
stop.
the
train
reached
its
next
OF
REPORT
WASHINGTON,
D.C,
Feb.
24:
Democratic
members
of
the
Senate
demanding
demanding
that
that
the
the
full
run
on
prohibition
enforcement
in
the
.
iil
Q4a
Im
iyv
mvi4iiaaj4
ocean
and
Dehrlng
Be.
prTr
TTTi
,!
Clark
of
claim
that,
at
least,
half
of
the
re-
concluded
at
wwn,
w
lttW!Port
has
been
withheld
and
Uiat
New
Jersey
u
i4anlv
the
less
sensational
portion
:
Invalid
owing
to
m
-
-
.....i.
EMBARG0S
REJECTED
WASHINGTON,
Feb.
24:
All
embargo
and
tariff
bills
yesterday
were
rejected
by
the
House
ways
and
means
committee.
This
action
is
taken
as
definitely
preventing
the
Introduction
at
this
session
of
Congress
of
a
bill
designed
to
place
an
embargo
on
Canadian
wheat
imports.
There
are
only
two
major
appropriation
bills
yet
to
come
before
Congress
and
It
is
expected
the
House
will
rise
before
long.
Today's
Weather
Print
Rupert
Raining,
strong
southeast
wind;
barometer,
29.63;
3
tl
157
a.m.
7.6
ft-
temperature,
42.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUM
BIA'S
NEWSPAPER
.5
-5
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
FEBRUARY
24,
1931
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CTION
ON
P.G.E.
IS
NOW
PROMISED
VANCOUVER
ISLAND
BUS
FRANCHISE
FURTHER
DISCUSSED
Whole
Problem
of
Transport
In
Nortk
Part
of
Province
to
Be
Gone
Into
at
Parley
in
Ottawa
No
Development
in
Situation
May
be
Expected
Until
After
Legislature
Rises,
Victoria
Dispatch
to
Vancouver
Province
States
YWCOUVER,
Feb.
24:
A
Victoria
dispatch
to
the
V
'uver
Daily
Province
states:
"No
developments
in
Pac
ific
Great
Eastern
and
Peace
River
railway
situ-u
il)
occur
until
after
prorogation
of
the
Legislature.
1
'
ly
after
the
end
of
the
session,
however,
the
provin-:
eminent,
federal
government
and
the
two
transcontinental
railways
will
be
repre-RffTllTnTrn
n
isented
at
a
conference,
probably
In
(VI
I
lM
I
N
I
T
E
S
I
otUwa-
10
bo
into
the
whole
prob-
llllllllj
A
JLilVU
lem
of
transportation
in
the
north
IN
FRANCE
.
i
Hi
nJrrson
and
Alexander
Pleading
With
Paris
Government
to
Drop
Naval
Competition
:(JN.
Feb.
Arthur
24:
Foreign
Se
ll
enderson
and
of
this
province
"
ACCORD
IS
REACHED
Cariboo
Conservative
Member
Says
He
is
Losing
Faith
in
Tolmie
Government's
Pledges
VICTORIA,
Feb.
24:
In
closing
th.e
debate
on
the
main
address
in
reply
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne,
Roderick
.
McKenzie,
Conservative,
Cariboo,
complimented
the
government
yesterday
on
its
public
works
policy,
but
attacked
the
government
for
failing
to
construct
the
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Railway
from
Quesnel
to
Prince
George.
He
said
that
he
had
long
ago
lost
faith
in
the
promises
of
the
Liberals
with
respect
to
the
road
and
was
now
losing
his
faith
in
the
present
Conservative
government
in
connection
with
that
particular,
item
of
its
program.
Greater
Care
on
Part
of
Police
in
Granting
Auto
Licences
For
Indians,
is
Urged
by
Dr.
Wrinch
was
learned
during
the
discussion
but
no
indication
was
given
as
to
whether
or
not
the
measure
would
be
brought
down
this
session.
The
suggestion
was
made
that
the
provincial
police
could
extend
Investigation
of
Intoxicated
Indians
to
the
source
of
supply
of
liquor
and
materials
for
making
home
brew.
No
action
was
taken.
W.
E.
Dltchburn,
Indian
commissioner,
complained
that
small
trading
stores
supplied
Indians
with
materials
which
they
knew
were
being
purchased
for
the
manufacture
of
home
brew.
TO
COME
THIS
WAY
Youthful
Japanese
Flyer
Will
Pass
Here
on
Tokio-San
Francisco
Flight
TOKIO,
Feb.
2
1:
Pilot
Yo-shiwara,
26-year
old
crack
Japanese
aviator,
will
bop
off
in
April,
it
is
planned,
for
a
flight
from
Tokio
to
San
Francisco.
He
is
backed
on
the
flight
by
Tokio
newspapers.
The
route
of
the
youthful
Japanese,
flyer
will
be
via
the
Kurile
and
Aleutian
Islands
and
thence
down
the
Alaska
and
British
Columbia
coast.
He
will
use
a
low-winced
Jankers
plane
such
as
that
in
which
tie
made
a
time
record
for
a
flight
from
Berlin
to
Tokio,
Premier
Host
to
Charlie
Chaplin!
State
Health
Insurance
and
Travelling
Clinics
Advised
in
Royal
Commission
Report
VICTORIA,
Feb.
24:
State
health
insurance,
with
the
cost
for
medical
services
for
the
people
of
Brkish
Columbia,
figured
out
at
about
$1.50
per
familyvilljbe
a
recommendation
of
the.royal
commission
bhstaie
lfealth
insurance
and
maternity
benefits,
it
was
revealed
in
discussions
yesterday
before
the
agricultural
committee
of
the
Legislature.
The
establishment
of
travel-'
ling
ellnles
will
be
another
recommendation
of
the
commission,
it
was
revealed.
The
cost
of
families
j
over
the
province
will
be
from
$1.50
1
to
$1.80.
!
The
report
is
expected
to
be
brought
down
this
session.
1
VANCOUVER
WHEAT
VANCOUVER,
Feb.
24:
Wheat
was
quoted
at
607c
on
the
local
exchange
today.
Speech
From
Throne
Is
Adopted
By
House
Mer
Lengthy
Debate
Vancouvcr.tlsland
Goach
Lines
Ltd.
Has
Times
and
Routes
of
Service
Tied
up
Under
Agreement
With
Government
Debate
Was
Heated
VICTORIA,
Feb.
24:
The
argument
in
the
Legislature
yesterday
on
the
amendment
of
Dr.
J,
J.
Gillis,
Liberal,
Yale,
censuring
the
government
for
granting
an
exclusive
franchise
to
the
Vancouver
Island
Coach
Lines
Ltd.
to
operate
motor
busses
on
the
highways
of
Vancouver
Island
centred
around
the
question
01
whether
or
not
Hon.
Nelson
8.
Lougheed.
then
minister
of"'
public
works,
had
given
an
under
taking
to
the
House
that
no
exclusive
franchises
would
be
granted
under
the
Highway
Aet
Mr.
Lougheed
denied
that
be
had
ever
given,
the
undertaking
and
said
that
what
had
been
gSranted
by
the
government
was
a
public
carriers'
licence
for
the
operation
VICTORIA,
Feb.
24:
A
resolution
of
Dr.
H.C.
Wrinch,
'of
bus
vehicles
on
Vancouver
Is
Skeena.
callinc
for
trreater
care
onihe
oart
of
the
Drovm-
land
exclusive
only
m
respect
to
cial
police
in
issuing
automobile
licences
to
Indians
was',11,
vie
of
times
and
routes
rtaiTer
dfinabillty
to
collect
from"
Indians"
negfigenTlyHii
driving
-ing
cars
was
under
discussion.
aside
the
government
to
a
plan
of
com-
;
pulsory
automobile
Insurance,
it
i
under
the
JeflSw-and..
.pwvlsions
of
Highway
Act.
Aftr
a
heated
debate
In
which
five
cabinet
ministers
spoke
in
defence
of
the
action
and
a
like
number
from
the
Opposition
as
roundly
condemned
It.
the
move
of
the
Tolmle
nalnlstry
In
granting
the
special
privileges
to
the'
Vancouver
Island
Coach
Lines
Ltd.
for
the
operation
of
its
passenger
busses
was
sustained
on
a
division
of
32
to
11,
the
GUIs'
amendment
being
rejected
by
this
margin.
Afterwards
the
address
in
reply
to
the
Speech
from
the
Throne
was!
unanimously
adopted.
,
MILITARY
'
MAN
DIES
!
Late
CoL
IL
W.
Gregory
of
St.
Catherine's
Commanded
Vrnbi
Camp
DuringtWaf
i
ST
Col
'.
CATHERINE'S
Ont..
Feb.
2-4:
1.
Rolanf
?W
Oregory.
fruit
grower
and
retired
military
man,
died
In
Louth
Township
yesterday
In
his
eightieth
year.
He
served
45
years
in
the
Canadian
militia.
During
the
Great
War,
the
late
Gregory
organised
the
Seventh
and
Eighth
Canadian
Mounted
j
Rifles.
From
June
to
November
1916
LONDON.
b.
24:
Charlie
j
he
was
commandant
of
the
central
Chaplin,
the
great
comedian,
is
mobilization
camp
at
Vernon,
B.C.
paying
a
visit
to
this
city,
his
na-
j
tlve
home.
On
Saturday
he
was
the
guest
of
Prime
Minister
J.
Ramsay
MacDonald.
JOINT
AIR
RAIL
PLAN
C.
P.
It.
i
Ready
to
Co-Operate.
President
Keatty
Says
In
Victoria
VICTORIA.
Feb
14-Alr
deveK
opments,
more
particularly
as
they
affeet
operations
of
a
large
transcontinental
transportation
systno
are
being-'
closely
watched
by
'
U
Canadlitr
Pacific
Railway
witfa
view
td
ihauriiten
of
Joint
vices
when
the
time
Is
considered
opportune.
It
was
stated
here
yes
terday
by
President
E.
W.
Beatty
of
the
OP
R.
"If
development
of
the
air
ser
vices,
which
is
progressing
satis
.
1
1
I
I
1
1
.
-"
J
1
I
laciuriiy,
aeinauas
juini
mu
unu
air
services,
they
will
undoubtedly
i
i
-
I
j
t
t
ii..
r-
i
CHICAGO
PRIMARY
Fate
of
Mayor
Thompson
Rests
in
Hands
of
His
Party
Today
CHICAGO,
Feb.
24
The
Republican
party,
in
convention
here
tbtuedar,
jrfH
leid
whether-.Mayor
-
William
Hale
Thompson
will
receive
his
fourth
nomination
or
whether
he
will
be
replaced
by
one
-t
his
four
opponerits
for
the
NO
WORD
OF
PLANE
Burke
Machine
Did
Not
Reach
Ha-zelton
or
Burns
Lake
Yesterday
The
plane
of
the
late
Capt.
E.
J.
Burke,
being
flown
from
Atiin
to
Vancouver
with
Pilots
R.
L
Van
Der
Byle
and
W.
A.
Joerss
and
Air
Engineer
Emil
Kading
on
board,
failed
to
arrive
either
at
Hazelton
or
Burns
Lake
by
last
evening
and
was
unreported
by
the
Government
Telegraphs.
The
plane
was
flying
by
the
Liars!
route
overland
to
Haaelton
or
Bairn
Lake.
It
was
presumed
that
the
plane
had
made
a
forced
landing
somewhere
enroute
and
would
probably
resume
the
flight
today.
The
machine
Is
fully
found
with
provisions
enough
for
several
weeks-
The
Government
Telegraphs
lust
before
noon
today
reported
that
there
was
still
no
sign
of
the
plane.
Confidence
Vote
For
King
Carol
-I
i
Passed
by
Liberal
Party
of
ftou-,
mania
at
Convention
on
Saturday
BUCHAREST.
Roumanla,
Feb.
24:
-A
resolution
of
confidence
in
King
Jarol,
the
errant
monarch
of
Roumanla,
was
passed
on
Saturday
by
the
Liberal
party.
SEATTLE
FISHERMEN'S"'
KjJ',:4H
1
STIUKE
'N'CARlNG
END
SEATTLE.
Feb.
S4:-SeUle-
ment
of
the
strike
of
almost
1600
halibut
fishermen
is
be-
Ueved
to
be
near
as
the
Deep
Sea
Fishermen's
Union
has
called
a
meeting
for
tonight
to
discuss
the
vessel
owners'
terms.
.
tfic,"
Mr.
tfeattjr
saw.
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