Today's
Weather
prince
ItuperU-
r,
light
easterly
wind;
l
,
,
29:96;
temnerature,
38.
.
M
Vol.
XXIII.,
No.
1.
W
months
of
the
year
n
.
T
O
I
-i
V.
v'
r
.
compared
with
$31.54970
in
the
corresponding
period
of
1930
Following
is
a
record
of
fire
calls
and
loss
In
the
city
this
year
and
last
month
by
month:
lire
Keeords
1930
Calls
Loss
January
...
8
$19400
February
....
4
March
9
90S
AprU
S
May
.10
JO
June
S
July
......
4
T
August
...
I
35
September
I
30.600
October
4
WT.TO
November
I
S8
December
..
4
tio
38
1388
33
300
no
78
31.74i.70
60
?
Stole
Effects
From
Downtown
Home
Two
llcsldcnts
of
Prince
Itupert's
'Jungle-
lined
This
Morning
On
Theft
Charges
Sunshine
In
Prince
RuDert
for
fTttte'TeRr
1931
totalled
8243
hoursj
as
against
1.194.74
hours
in
1930,
1.33.3
hours
tn
1929
and
1,158.8
hours
in
196,
a
summary
of
official
futures
reveal.
While
the
sunshine
for
the
year
Just
ended
was
a
good
deal
below
average,
rainfall
was
n..n4irahlv
iMM
than
averaee.
was
$4,131
as
During
1931
101
21
Inches
of
preci
1931
Calls
Lo
8
S
11
8
8
8
9
4
pitation
were
recorded
as
against
85.33
inches
In
1930.
81.45
Inches
in
198
and
8034
inches
in
1928.
Prom
the
temperature
standpoint
1931
weather
was
slightly
below
that
of
1930.
The
highest
thermo
meter
reading
for
the
year
Just
ended
was
74
above
tn
June
whereas
the
highest
temperature
in
1930
was
80
above
in
August.
The
mini
mum
thermometer
reading
for
1931
was
32
recorded
In
March
and
November
as
compared
with
the
1930
low
of
38
above
In
March.
The
following
figures
summarise
weather
conditions
for
1931
here
Sun
Rain
11.
L.
Hnv
-
In.
Temp.
January
3
57
33
February
9.8
8.8
47
S3
March
197
8.8
86
32
April
9
10.7
70
31
May
91.1
8.42
71
32
jM
138.7
1.77
74
40
July
136.6
387
71
48
August
93.1
5.7
70
48
September
67
8.1
64
48
October
61-5
I-
49
November
W.l
54
32
December
'.....IM
1
52
24
Totals
8342
101
Jl
December
Weather
During
the
month
of
December
...
t.
...t..t
'
lUai
LTierV
WVIO
i9.u
rv-we
w
James
jonnaton.
rran
I""
as
uiga.
8fldmt
none
In
the
same
erf
-hlne
dentoen
and
James
Morrison
n
,
rlnce
Ruperts
"jungle"
1931
amounted
to
113
in
city
police
court
this
morntag
f6?'
mttA
wUri
i5.48
In-
hnrged
with
theft
of
IM
M
,1
cupboard
in
the
Wallace
f?Ant
tor
the
month
longing
to
A.
E.
Parlow
over
V
wa?
52
above
a.
corn-
New
Year
holiday.
Johnston
ana
ln
tne
previous
wit
n
M
wauo
abovc
!
.
Rurhet
were
each
fined
836.
with
temieraiure
ior
option
cf
fourteen
clays'
Imprison
ment.
while
Morrison
was
distnta
sed.
December.
Low
December
1931
us
a
aoovc
.
compared
wilh
33
above
in
Decern-k
tain
'
.lk.
11
uas
as
folio!
1AY
OF
PltAYlIK
IOU
,
"r'Tnb
2:-AU
Bng-
j
""j
LONDON.
Jan.
temperature.
82
on
on
ue
De.
land
will
obesrve
Umiorrow
as
Maximum
a
National
Day
of
Prayer
ask-
cember
2.
temperature.
34
on
ue
Df.
tag
tukltnce
aa
Great
Britain
Minimum
eotett
upon
one
of
the
meet
.cember
11.
u.
oal
years
In
her
hUtory.
Mean
tmpraare.
38.
'
112
mm-
Total
preclpltmioi'
T,,,Hl
"',,lu''
l!8
"ol
'
Inir
them
off.
MS.
tor
r
...
.
iii.wi
The
weainer
summary
"
"
we
piincniuj
school
at
Terrace
Despite
Depression
Building
in
IIAZKLTON
MOUNTIE
IlEINO
MOVED
SOUTH
1931
Here
Was,
Higher
ihpflhat
Of
Two
Years
Immediately
Before
Tn
an
ft.
nr
thn
era
n
a
rQ
1
rlorttocairm
Kinlriinrr
tvamita
in
All
CJ
vv
J
vuv
jjvuvi
cat
vtjJi
Lfvivrn,
kutiAiaiiat,
lvl
llllko
ill
the
city
of
Prince
Rupert
during
the
year
1931,
totalling
$156,443
in
value,
showed
a
small
increase
over
19303
$l4a,0U4.&u
and
a
very
marked
increase
over
$yilsyo.82J
in
1920.
Permits
of
1931
were,
indeed,
within
very
close
TERRACE
MAN
IS
MARRIED
Miss
Ruth
Eboiall
Iteeomes
liriile
of
Major
W.
J.
Wllby.
At
12:30
noon
last
Monu-iy
In
victoria
a
quiet
but
pretty
wedding
was
solemnised
at
the
First
United
Church
manse.
777
Pemberton
Road,
when
Rev.
W.
O
Wilson.
D
D
,
untted
In
marriage
Ruth
Edna.
Meat
daughter
of
Mr
and
Mr?
Prank
Bborall
of
Heatings,
to
Major
W.
J
Wllby.
M.C..
elder
son
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Wm
Wllby.
Yates
Street
Often
In
marriage
by
her
father
the
bride
was
attended
by
in
I
'
Ihft
llM"f
5Lauia
Wllby.
and
the
bridegroom
was
suDDorted
by
his
brother-in-
law.
Mr.
Harry
Robson.
The
bride
ppression
cominrnoeu
Permits
Is
sued
in
December
1911
were
light
at
$1338
as
compared
with
$2760
in
i
December
1930
:
Following
was
the
building
list
month
by
month
m
1931,
1930
figures
also
being
given
for
compar
ison:
1930
1931
January
.
8
4.8MM
$
X9W.00
rebruary
36.738M
IIWM
March
S100i
918jM
AprU
33W0
34.786M
May
MMiM
23.260.00
June
3m00
iMM
July
20.6M
38.4HM
August
,
u
mm
September
"
,876-90
X390.00
October
7jft4.
3.88640
I
November
3.46848
749640
December
2.TM46
148940
!
Totalis
3148.99140
lf.44340
Aid.
James
Black.
Alfred
Street,
repair
foundation,
$190.
T.
TroUer.
Se
osjfl
Avenue,
a.ter
looked
charming
in
her
travelling
aUona
goo.
sutt
of
marine
blue
gabardine
wiin
v
BMI0.gert
QHgar
Place,
gen
a
blouse
of
eggshell
satin,
with
hat
.
M50
iMM
and
shoes
to
match,
hen
...
.
..
only
ornaments
being
a
necklet
of
pearls.
Only
the
Immediate
relatives
of
the
young
couple
were
pr-wnt.
The
gifts
received
were
nu-
mtnuu
Aud
CQStlV
Dvbhavn
4:
Hanson.
Third
Ave
nue,
repair
foundation.
8300.
Mrs.
P.
O
Dm
w
son.
Third
Avenue,
general
repairs
8189.
B.
C.
Telephone.
Eleventh
Ave-
Msjof
and
Mrs.
Wllby
left
oil
the
nue.
erect
cabin
3386.
afternoon
boat
for
Terrace,
where
K
mo
wMI
MalHa
min
frlands
MM-,
l
"""
Jt.J.AAJ.AJ.AAAAJ.
formerl'
on
the
teaching
staff
ol
.
the
Victoria
High
School,
leaving
CLASSIFIED
nitl.NOS
the
elty
six
months
ago
to
assume
WJHl
HVH..'L,
nt
tha
hutlt
iitvr-i
aimmiimuh
e
"Your
classified
advertise-
e
menu
certainly
bring
quick
results,"
decl.ired
a
man
who
had
advertls.
d
a
baby
buggy
Oonstable
L.
S.
Kingston
Is
being
this
week
ami
sold
It
the
day
.transferred
from
Esquimau
to
11a-
PPrM
He
dropped
In
t
IseUen
to
tueeeed
In
the
service
of
to
pay
the
blU
this
mwrimg.
Uie
Hoyal
Canadian
Mounted
Po-
was
very
ple.ed
with
results
I
Itee
Oorp
M.
P.
Uerger.
who
la
being
obUlned.
transferred
to
Victoria
to
take
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
2,
1932
CHINCHOW
Japanese
Did
Not
Hare
to
Fire
Shot
In
Taklnt
Important
Railway
Tolnt
MUKDEN,
Manchuria.
Jan.
2:
General
Kamura's
Japanese
brigade
entered
Chlnchow
at
2
o'clock
Ihlv
afternoon
without
firing
a
shot.
All
Chinese
soldiers
had
fled
southward
before
the
Japanwe
en'erfd.
Quiet
In
Manchuria
Is
expected
now
that
Chlnchow
has
been
PROFITS
DIVIDED
Municipalities
of
I'lorinre
Iteeelr.
Ing
Cheeks
on
Uquor
Profit
snit
Parl-Muluel
VICTORIA.
January
3-A
toUl
if
tSM.780
30
U
now
being
distributed
by
Hon
J
W
Jones,
minister
ol
finance,
u
the
raunldpallUci'
share
of
liquor
profits
for
the
pet-led
of
six
months
ending
November
30
last.
This
Is
a
decrease
from
the
distribution
for
Je
precedlnj
ix
months
which
totalled
3489490
The
liquor
prottU
are
apportioned
among
tbe
municipalities
on
th
basts
of
school
attendance.
The
minister
of
finance
is
also
distributing
among
the
municipalities
3163,781.67
representing
1981
pari-mutuet
race-track
receipts
This
U
a
decrease
of
87.000
from
last
year
This
parl-mutuel
distribution
Is
made
on
the
basis
of
th
1931
census.
Amounts
being
sent
to
northern
municipalities
are
as
follows:
Liquor
Profit
Chnki
Uquor
Pari-ProflU
Mutuel
Prince
Oeorge
Prince
Hupcrt
Burns
Lake
Smitbers
Stewart
I
Terrace
iVanderhoof
$1.97183
S
771.44
4.4M
75
1.992
60
31736
1.082.78
m.23
700,21
484
83
wind;
sea
moJerate.
6161
314
SJ
192.18
110.88
99.22
WEATHER
REPORT
Tstpie
Island
Clw.
light
south-
Dead
Tree
Psmt-Rainlng.
fresh
southeast
wind:
barometer.
29:82
temperature.
40;
heavy
sweU.
Tomorrow's
Tides
Sunday,
January
3,
1932
High
Low
.
9:01
a.m.
20:4
ft.
22:11
p.m.
la:9
ft.
..
2:24
a.m.
8:3
ft
15:46
pan.
5:4
ft.
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
ROY
TURNS
DOWN
GANDHI
TERMS
CREW
OF
JAPANESE
STEAMER
RESCUED
IN
PACIFIC
OCEAN
Grave
Developments
in
India
Are
Anticipated;
Crisis
Seems
Imminent
Lord
Willingdon
Kejccts
Terms
of
Nationalist
Leader
For
Settlement
of
Political
Disputes
Air
Fraught
With
Feverish
Anxiety
BOMBAY,
India,
Jan.
2:
Viceroy
Lord
Willingdon
to
rtijrht
rejected
the
terms
of
Mahatma
Gandhi,
Indian
Nationalist
leader,
for
settlement
of
political
disputes
of
In
dia
and
grave
developments
were
believed
to
be
imminent,
j
The
air
in
official
circles
is
fraught
with
anxiety
and
the
next
developments
are
awaited
with
feverish
interest.
A
crisis
in
Indian
affairs
appears
to
be
about
due.
FIRE
LOSS
WAS
DOWN
Fewer
Calls
and
Damagr
Lm
1931
Than
In
1930,
Figures
Show
in
During
the
post
year
the
Prtnct
to
sixty
alarms
at
compared
with
!
75
In
tbe
year
previous.
Owing
ti
loss
in
a
fire
tn
December
baring
yet
U
be
finally
adjusted,
total
estimated
lou
tor.
1091
cannot
be
definitely
gvn.
although
ebthna
led
fire
loas-Tof
the)
lirit
WEATHER
WAS
BAD
Rainfall
Higher
Than
Average
1931
While
Sunshine
Was
a
Good
Deal
Below
Normal
In
A
London
Officers
Corps
in
Training
Want
to
buy
a
suit?
Here's
your
chance
It's
the
London
Merchant
Ta.brs
Officers
Training
Corps
but
the
trouble
is
they're
churning.
Which
Is
not
jo
ood.
Sinking
Tamaho
Maru
Is
Abandoned
by
Men
Now
on
Another
Ship
Had
Fought
Vainly
For
Sixty
Hours
Against
Wintry
Northern
Seas
Being
Taken
to
:
Japan
on
Reiyo
Maru
SEATTLE,
Jan.
2:
The
crew
of
the
Japanese
freighter
Tamaho
Maru
were
safe
today
in
the
North
Pacific
Ocean
after
abandoning
their
sinking
ship
following
a
sixty-hour
fight
with
wintry
seas.
A
brief
message
relayed
to
the
coastguard
here
last
night
told
of
the
rescue
by
the
steamer
Reiyo
Maru
which
had
convoyed
the
Tamaho
Maru
for
many
hours.
Forty-two
men
were
taken
off
by
the
Reiyo
Maru
which
is
now
proceeding
towards
Japan.
J
t
THOUSAND
POLES
DOWN
IS
ONTARIO
TEMPEST
t
r
TORONTO.
Jan.
2:
-In
Ice
and
slush,
hundreds
of
line-
r
men
tolled
today
to
restore
l'IBW-'
iieWnenW""
V
uon
lines
throughout
Western
t
Ontario.
More
than
1000
tele-
graph
and
telephone
poles
col-
4
lapsed
under
burdens
of
New
Year's
Day
sleet
snd
snow.
The
damage
was
centred
4
around
Oalt.
e
PHONE
IS
UNIVERSAL
.
F.
Pullcn
Tells
of
Wonders
of,
Radio
Telephony
VANCOUVER,
Jan.
2
The
wonders
ol
modern
radio
telephony
which
enables
Vancouver
to
talk
to
25
countries
and
32
mUUon
telephones
constituting
over
85
per
cent
of
the
telephones
In
the
world
were
told
ln
Uie
Hotel
Vancouve:
by
N.
F.
Pullen,
publicity
manag-of
B.
C.
Telephone
Company,
a.
a
luncheon
meeting
of
the
Ad
vertlslng
and
Sales
Bureau
of
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade.
Radio
now
spans
the
vast
pares
not
covered
by
land
wires
but
modem
engineering
hat
mide
the
radio
hook-up
as
efficient
as
Hi
wire.
Anyone
ln
Van
sourer
can
tele-nhone
to
Australia
at
a
cost
of
$57
for
3
minutes,
but
there
Is
no
record
of
it
having
been
done
yet
"But
it
Is
sure
to
happen
before
I
long
when
someone
Is
tn
a
hurry."
Mr
Pullen
said.
The
Australian
sef-I
vice
la
longest
of
all
m
mileage.
17-looo
miles
via
New
York
and
Eng-1
1
nd
To
Call
Hawaii
The
rate
on
the
new
aonneettop
with
Iitwau
U
Ml
for
3
minute
so
'.hat
anyone
who
wishes
to
send
New
Year
greetings
to
lion.
H.
II.
Stevens
In
Honolulu
can
do
so
fir
'hut
comparatively
small
sum
Mr
Pullen
explained.
Polng
a
world
map,
Mr.
Pul
len
gave
a
graphic
picture
ol
the
reach
of
the
human
voice
Ihrnuth
the
magic
of
modern
electrical
engineering.
Brarll
has
Just
been
added
to
south
American
countries
that
may
be
reached.
Bermuda
has
been
added
within
two
or
three
days.
Sumatra
li
also
a
new
country
on
local
telephone
lint
i.nd
Rumania
has
been
added
to
(Continued
on
Page
Four)
DEATH
OF
GEN.
PAU
XainouiJPenc,ltyvW.ai:-Conipuiniler.
Expires
Today
In
Paris
at
Age.
of
Llghty-Three
PARIS,
Jan.
2:
General
Paul
Oerald
Pau.
noted
commander
of
French
troops
during
the
Orcat
War.
died
today
at
the
age
of
83.
Pau
was
listed
among
the
immor-tal
with
Marshal
Foch
and
Marshall
Jof
fre
both
of
whom
have
died
within
recent
years.
Me
will
be
accorded
honors
of
state
at
his
Scotch
Dance
On
Hogmanay
I.
O.
I).
E.
Hall
Scene
of
Delightful
Affair
on
New
Year's
Eve
As
has
been
the
custom
for
many
years,
many
young
folks
gathered
together
on
Hogmanay
night
to
ipend
the
last
hours
of
the
old
year
in
tripping
"the
light
fantastic
toe."
The
I.
O.
D.
E.
Iistl
had
been
pret
tily
decorated
and
the
Scotch
or
chestra,
consisting
of
John
Brem-ner,
James
Watt.
J.
B.
McKay
and
J.
L.
Lee.
played
for
Scotch
dances
while
Mr.
and
Mrs.
McKay
played
for
Canadian
dances
The
Highland
Sehottlsche.
danced
to
bagpipe
!tfa!na.'waa
especially
enjoyable.
Delightful
refreshments
were
wrved
at
11:30
pjn.
after
which
Piper
Leslie
piped
out
the
Old
Year
and
all
joined
heartily
tn
the
New
Year's
welcome
"A
Quid
Kew
Year
tae
One
an'
a
."
Dancing
and
merriment
were
kept
up
until
2
a.m.
J.
Hadden
and
D.
Ritchie
proved
efficient
masters
of
ceremonies.
MAYOR
WILL
KEPOUT
TO
COUNCIL
MONDAY
Pending
the
making
of
his
report
to
the
city
council
at
Its
regular
fortnightly
meeting
on
Monday
evening
next,
Mayor
t
Cyril
II.
Orme
declined
this
morning
to
comment
upon
the
results
of
his
trip
last
week
to
Victoria
to
confer
with
the
provincial
government
ln
re-
gard
to
financing
of
municipal
I
unemployment
rafleX
work.
It
e
is
understood
inai
iae
mayor
met
with
little,
if
any,
success.
V