Wheat
Prices
VANCOUVER,
March
8
(Cana-jlin
Press
t
-Wheat
was
quoted
at
57
on
the
local
Exchange
to-
Winnipeg
My
08.
(
Juiy.
7otk.
Chicago
May.
86?,.
July.
85.
September,
88,.
SILVER
QUOTATION
NEW
YORK,
March
8
(Canadian
Bar
sliver
closed
at
48
l-4c.l
l'f
,
?unrc
on
the
loca,!
metal
mar-
i
e'
today.
I
?
M"'TAUV
GARRISON
AT
SINGAPORE
INCREASED
LONDON.
En7,
March
8:-The
military
garrison
at
Sln-
-'"ir.
uritish
stronghold
of
T
l"e
Far
East,
will
fthnrtttr
Krt
"Rthenert
by
the
nddltlon
"I
IWO
Mr
0nr4.
U
.n
a
I
rept
Contradiction
of
Low
Wage
Charges
OTTAWA.
March
8:
J.
8.
Mc
Lean,
president
of
the
Canada
Pac
KIMRERLEY
WINS
II.
C.
AMATEl'R
PICK
T1TLK
TRAIL.
March
8:
CP-
Klmberley
Dynamiters
last
night
won
the
British
Colum-
bla
senior
amateur
hockey
.
champonshlp
by
defeating
Vancouver
Associated
Quakers
In
a
third
straight
game
by
a
score
of
two
to
nil.
kers,
yesterday
denied
a
statement
made
by
A.
W.
Laver.
public
wel
fare
commissioner
for
Ontario,
concerning
wages
but
Hon.
II.
H.
Ste
vens,
chairman
of
the
mass
buying
Inquiry
of
the
House
of
Commons,
Mid
that
the
statements
made
by
Laver
before
the
committee
had
not
been
satisfactorily
disproved
and
the
low
wages
charges
still
stood.
Morgan
Sold
Out
United
Aircraft
Disposed
of
Stork
Immrdlatrl
Previous
to
Canrellation
ot
.Mail
Contracts
WASHINOTON.
DC
March
8:
Senator
Arthur
Robinson
of
Rhode
Island
testified
before
the
Senate
banking
committee
that
J.
P.
Morgan
&
Co.
sold
4500
shares
of
United
Aircraft
during
the
two
week
per
lod
before
the
company's
mall
con
tracts
'were
cancelled.
KxchaiiKe
Kales
at
New
York-Montreal
MONTREAL.
March
8:
The
Brl-;
tlsh
pound
sterling
was
quoted
at
$5.10
on
the
local
foreign
exchange
i
market
yesterday
and
the
United
States
dollar
at
$1.00.
j
NEW
YORK.
March
8:
The
Brl-
'tlsh
pound
sterling
closed
at
$.08'
m
the
local
foreign
exenange
market
yesterday
and
the
Cnadlar
dollar
nt
09
ll-16c.
PRICE
OF
GOLD
,
'"Y.
It
Is
understood.
month
kai..
March
8:
iCPi
t
.
The
Canadian
gold
price
wns
6c
per
.'
ounce.
lower
today
at
$34
82.
Small
Packing
Plants
Proposed
For
Interior
Points
to
Assist
Marketing
Goods
in
Pr.
Rupert
Sneakiitu
before
a
luncheon
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Gyro
Cliib
yesterday,
J.
A.
Grant,
Victoria,
markets
commissioner
for
the
Province
of
British
Columbia,
announced,
that,
during
a
tour
of
the
central
interior
upon
which
he
i
is
about
to
embark,
he
will
propose
to
the
farmers
the
:
stablishment
at
various
centres
of
small
packing
houses
which
shall
be
in
charge
of
men
ex-
perlenced
in
the
preparation
of
ag
ricultural
products
for
market
who
shall
put
the
products
In
shape
for
disposal
principally
on
the
market)
useless
for
the
Interior
producer
to
;
expect
the
consumers
to
pay
equal
j
prices.
.
,
Mr.
Grant,
in
his
address,
pre-1
of
Prince
Rupert
and
make
returns
:
sented
some
Interesting
facts
and
to
the
producers.
By
this
means,
Mr.
figures
In
regard
to
production
and
Grant
said
that
he
hoped
produc-1
consumpton
of
agricultural
pro-crs
of
the
central
Interior
could
be
ducts
generally
In
British
Columbia,
materially
aided
In
the
disposal
of
j
The
only
agricultural
products
of
heir
goods
to
much
better
advan-1
which
British
Columbia's
produc-tage
than
had
been
the
case
In
the
Hon
exceeded
its
consumption,
or
past.
After
reviewing
some
dlfficu)-
of
which
tltfre
was
a
surplus
avail-ties
that
producers
of
agricultural
able
for
export,
were
fruits
anc"
roods
had
In
marketing
these
pro-
vegetables
and,
at
certain
seasons,
ducts,
Mr.
Grant
referred
to
the
eggs.
Production
of
beef
In
this
pro
necessity,
as
tar
as
the
Prince
Ru-;
vlnce
was
but
forty
percent
of
the
pert
market
was
concerned,
of
the
consumption
and
of
mutton
thirty-central,
Interior
farmer
putting
;
five
percent
As
for
butter.
British
goods
on
the
market
of
this
city
of
Columbia
last
year
sent
out
for
$2,-(Juallty,
grading
and
appearance
700.000
worth.
The
province
pro-comparing
favorably
with
good;
duced
but
fifty
percent
of
Its
grain
available
from
other
sources.
As
requirements.
long
as
this
was
not
done.
It
was
"Continued
on
Page
Pour)
Marquis
of
Aberdeen
and
Widow
Former
Governor
General
of
Canada
who
passed
await
yesterday
at
his
home
In
Edinburgh,
Todays
Weather
Tomorrow's
Tides
prince
Rupert
Raining,
calf
-JtfO.
High
6:48
ajn.
18.7
ft.
barometer.
3058;
temperature,
37;
'fy-sca
20:56
pm.
15.3
ft.
Low
0:25
ajn.
10.0
ft.
smooth.
13:58
p.m.
6
2
ft.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
V
XXIV
,
No.
67.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.CjTHURSDAY,
MARCH
8,
1934
PRICE;
FIVE
CENTS
"3
SPANISH
REPUBLIC
RESTLESS
AGAIN
INVESTIGATION
SEALING
AND
HALIBUT
TREATIES
ASKED
Probe
of
Fisheries
Pacts
On
This
Coast
Sought
By
Senator
Hon.
J.
D.
Taylor
of
New
Westminster
Urges
Appointment
of
Special
Parliamentary
Committee
to
Call
Witnesses
and
Take
Evidence
on
Oath
OTTAWA,
March
8;
(CP)
Notice
that
he
would
move
for
the
appointment
of
a
special
committee
to
investigate
tlic
operation
of
sealing
and
halibut
treaties
between
Canada
and
the
United
States
was
given
in
the
Senate
yesterday
by
Senator
J.
D.
Taylor
of
New
Westminster.
The
rommittee,
Senator
Taylor
said,
should
be
empowered
to
rail
witnesses
and
take
evidence
on
oath.
Selling
Forces
Stock
Bids
Low
New
York
IJL
However.
Recovered
Somewhat
Before
Clone
Yesterday
NEW
YORK.
March
8:-A
ud--.r.iing
ware
swept
over
the
i
.
k
market
bite
yesterday
after-n
fore
lng
price
down
from
on'
'
:
f
:r
points
but
the
list
recovered
r.drrately
again
before
the
close
Todays
Stocks
ru-y
b
O
Johiion
OO.)
New
York
vi
8
steel,
53y.
Orieral
Motors,
38i.
American
Tobacco.
C8Vi.
1
A'.;i"d
Chemicals.
148fc.
Vn.on
Taclflc.
126.
Air.f'iican
Can.
99i.
American
8meltlng,
43i.
Toronto
Inter
Nickel,
27.15.
Dome.
36.25.
,
Tf
k
Hughes.
8.83.
Mdntyre.
42.50.
Buxiyian
UK.
Canadian
Cement.
11.
c
p
r..
m.
Ford
A.
22
v.
STATF.MF.NT
!
IS
DENIED
Hon.
II.
II.
Steven
Refuse
to
Ac
Eight
Die
As
Aeroplane
Crashes
In
Snowstorm
Wreckage
of
a
huge
transport
W
:
ji."
..mai,;
the
bodies
of
five
passengers
and
its
crew
of
three
has
been
located
at
the
top
of
Parley's
canyon
2d,
miliv
from
K.t
Lake
City,
where
It
crashed
during
a
snowstorm.
Tht.
photo
shows
me
type
ol
plane
figuring
i
t
the
n
i,h
a
Boeing
twin-engi
neered,
low-winged
monoplane
Two
of
the
virions.
Mayor
James
J.
Sterling,
of
Benton
Harbor,
Mich.,
and
Miss
Mary
Carter,
stewardess
are
shown
In
the
Insets.
DR.
GRANT
.
RESIGNS
Forced
By
Ill-llealth
To
Relinquish
KrrlcsLsatlcal
Duties
At
Fort
William
Word
has
just
been
received
in
the
city
of
the
resignation
of
Rev.
Dr.
II.
R.
Grant,
formerly
of
this
city,
as
pastor
of
St.
Andrew's
Presbyterian
Church
In
Fort
William,
Ontario,
after
a
ministry
there
of
over
eijht
years.
Dr.
Grant's
rrsljnation
was
due
to
ill-health.
In
accepting
the
resignation.
Dr.
Grant's
congregation
extended
him
a
most
appreciative
and
glowing
testimonial
ana
voiert
him
a
retiring
allowance
of
$1,-200
per
annum.
The
church
has
a
membership
of
over
1000
and
is
one
ot
the
most
Important
in
the
country.
State
of
A
larm
Has
Been
Declared
While
Unrest
is
Developing
Is
First
of
Three
Stages
That
Culminate
in
Martial
Law
Political
Turmoil
Threatens
Following
Latest
Change
in
Government
MADRID,
Spain,
March
8:
A
state
of
alarm,
first
of
three
stages
-that
culminate
in
martial
law,
was
declared
yesterday
by
the
Spanish
ministry
of
the
interior
as
political
unrest
developed.
Spain
has
been
restless
since
a
new
uovernment
came
into
the
saddle
of
office
followingthp
resignation
of
the
former
ministry
last
week.
Identification
Of
Rocks
Discussed
At
Mining
Class
I
Identification
ot
rock-forming
minerals
and
their
association
wltr,
ore"
deposits
were"d7scus-
-
sed
by
Joseph
T.
Mancry,
resident
mining
engineer,
last
night
at
tils
regular
weekly
lecture
in
the
city
British
Peer
and
Stage
Dancer
Wed
Crawford
Becomes
Bride
IMinil
Earl
of
Suffolk
at
quiet
Cere-,
mony
in
Chelsea
of
LONDON.
Eng..
March
8:
The
Earl
of
Suffolk
and
Miml
Crawford.
I
dancer,
whose
stage
name
13
Miml
j
Forde
Piggott.
were
quietly
married
i
in
a
Chelsea
church
yesterday.
IS
KILLED
Trapper
in
Hospital
W
HOCKEY
William
Scott
is
Expected
To
Ke
cover
Quickly
At
Telegraph
Creek
Harvey
Robertson,
Well
Known
Alberta
Player,
Dies
of
Injuries
Sustained
in
Game
l
C.L.CU
tvArii
tw,tA,
iwarcn
a
EDMONTON.
March
8:
-Harvey
n,anaaian
rress
wuuam
cou.
.
Robertson,
aged
25,
well
known
trapper,
with
a
severely
cut
root.
,
Northern
Alberta
hockey
player.
Is
whp
arrived
here
from
Echo
Lake!dead
here
a
result
of
lnJurles
late
Tuesday
by
airplane
piloted
by
jsustained
in
a
game
on
Tuesday
a.
u.
uarr.
u
now
m
i.uspuai
""C'nieht
between
where
he
is
expected
to
make
a
i.iwm
speedy
recovery
,
Liberal
Move
Is
Voted
Down
Attemnt
To
Give
Hoist
To
Central
Translation
Bureau
Fails
OTTAWA,
March
8
A
Liberal
Inove
to
nlve
a
six
months'
hoist
Ui
the
government
bill
establishing
a
central
translation
bureau
was
defeated
by
a
division
ot
103
to
52
In
the
House
of
Commons.
j
The
fire
dopartment
had
a
call
at
11:45
this
morning
to
a
chimney
fire
at
the
White
Apartments,
Fourth
Avenue
and
McBrlde
Street.
No
damage
was
done.
NO
FISH
ARRIVALS
BIG
PLANT
IS
BURNED
City
of
Peterboro,
On(
Has
One
ot
Most
Stubborn
Blaies
In
Years
.
jETERBORpqnMarch,
8i
The'
plahT
of
B.
rTAckerman
and
Sons,
leather
manufacturers,
wad
gutted
by
one
of
the
most
stubborn
blazes
this
city
has
witnessed
in
re-
'council
chamber
before
persons
in-(cent
years.
Two
firemen
were
over-
leresiea
in
raining
ana
prospect-.
come
by
smoke
and
had
to
receive
ing.
Specimens
of
rocks
were
pass-!
first
aid.
ed
around
to
Illustrate
Dr.
Mandy's
j
.
remarks.
1
This
subject
will
be
further
ae-I
veloped
at
next
week's
lecture
with
a
discussion
of
rocks
themselves
SEDITION
ISDENIED
Trial
of
Secretary
ot
Canadian
La
bor
Defence
League
Proceeding
in
Toronto
I
TORONTO.
March
8:
Hon.
E.
3.
McMurray.
chief
defence
counsel
.for
Rev.
A.
E.
Smith,
secretary
of
the
Canadian
Laber
Defence
League,
who
Is
on
trial
for
seditious
libel,
defending
free
speech
in
general
and
his
client's
utterances
In
particular,
denied
that
Smith's
words
were
seditious
In
fact
or
in
j
intent.
,
I
Smith
is
alleged
to
have
made
seditious
utterances
concerning
Premier
Bennett's
attitude
in
regard
to
the
Kingston
Penitentiary
riots
and
the
participants
therein.
Two
Bella
Bella
i
Indians
Missing
Provincial
Police
Boat
Dispatched
From
Ocean
Falls
To
Make
Investigation
A
wirp
"rppplvM
nt
district
hart-
Lcduc
and
Wctas
I
quarters
of
the
provincial
police
here
this
morning
from
Constable
Smith
of
Ocean
Falls
announced
that
two
Indians
were
missing
from
Bella
Bella
and
that
the
pro-
No
boats
being
In
with
catches,
"inclal
police
boat
P.M.L.
9
had
there
was
no
sale
of
halibut
on
the?
left
to
Investigate.
No
further
par-local
Fish
Ex
hange
this
morning
ticulirs
were
given.
Basketball
-
Friday,
Saturday
ANYOX
vs.
C.
N.
R.
A.
FOR
NORTHERN
R.
C.
CHAMPIONSHIP
Anyox
Girls
vs.
Rupert
All
Stars
MOOSE
HALL,
8
P.M.,
MARCH
9
AND
10
Admission
Ladles
and
Children,
33c;
Gents,
35c
Dance
following
game
Friday,
admission,
25c