A U Mi interests of the LANDMARK IS RAZED lire Holroy Wellington, llotcj Once l'rtfperou ancouvtr hland .Mining Town Anniversary Of Former Residents In ANAtMO. Feb 28: iCP'-Th? .-.on Hotel, six miles north a landmark of the early wh.n Wellington was a pros-; mining, town, was destroyed arly yesterday Thomas, ageo 74. who own- r' the past 36 years, was the . upant. Of Prince Rupert .r.irrly residents of Prince Ru-v.ow living in Victoria. Mr Mrs. O. Ouclpa recently cclc-Lcd their twenty-fourth wedding vi'ibary. They received many PLANS FOR REFUNDING Under Provincial Government Program, Six Million Dollars Annually Would be Saved Plans Disclosed High Incomes Here More Heavily Taxed Than in Great Itritain VICTORIA. Feb. 28: (CP I A re funding program which will save the province $6,000,000 annually Is expected to be completed during the coming year. It was forecast by Hon. John Hart, minuter of im-ance. In his budget speech yesterday. A road paving program and Increases In educational and social service grants were also forecast In the speech. The minister of finance expressed the belief that unemployment relief should be made a national re sponsibility. Large Incomes. Mr. Hart declared, were taxed more heavily In British Columbia than In Great Britain Only 335 persons In this province have ln-omes of more "fs of good luck and best than $10,000 a year while 1539 have In the evening their many incomes of more tlnn $5000. Per-1 i iiuUicrrd and paid them a aotul Income tax yields only iisr visit. The evening was sliRhtly more than $3,000,000 of the In playing "five-hundred" provincial revenue, the minister of f-umes after which Mr. and finance revealed O iiclpa were presented with six china cups and saucers and - Mr piatc with silver handle to n : h on behalf of all present, i ir: them many more years of pint M. supper was then served hi anniversary cake lit with iiK four candles holding the t -.Jcc of hohor on the table. Danc-"f and singing of old and popular tunes was then enjoyed and the evening was brought to a close with inking of "Jolly Good Fellows'.' mid ' Auld Lang Syne." AU GOLD TOUCHES NEW UKCOUD LONDON. Feb. 28: "inner still and one pence c. I ics of old family gold and "lver trinkets arid qrnamcnts T as renewed with a rush yes- tcrday. PRICE Colbert-Gable Given Awards HOLLYWOOD. Feb. 28: Clau-dettc Colbert and Clark Gable, for their work In "It Happened One Night." received the awards of tlu Arnriemv of Motion Picture Arts 'nnd Sciences for outstanding performances of the year, on the 'screen. The awards were announced at the annual baniuet of the Aca- (CP) T! . . . . ,u nar u .,... m n( n uemy nere lasnuK.'w. new high price of 143 shillings. 1 US pence per fine ounce, an j '"crease on flvi Vncd nvpr Monday, and today vumuj mounted iiiuuimu CANADIAN GOLD PRICE OTTAWA. w-- Feb. 28: The Cana. silver 4 day. Inspector Sandys-Wunsch Is well known In Prince Rupert and Northern' BrlUsh Columbia, having on several occasions been In this district on special duties. Some years ago he headed a detachment which went into the upper Llard country to Investigate a "witchcraft mur der" case among the Indians. WILL SET UP GRAIN BOARD yiirat Marketing Organization To Re Established Under Proposal Of Premier Bennett OTTAWA. Feb. 23: CP Pre oiler U. B. Bennett gave notice to-lny that he would propose tht establishment of a Canadian Grain mm I . ft . ..IJ Uai.a (UA nnna Krielvc Honor of Academy oi iio-j jqara wiucu wuum ji.oc uk yuwt. tlon Picture Arts ami Sciences For Rest Work of ear to buy and sell grains. i . f i . AT OTTAWA LAST EVE 1 OTTAWA, Feb. 28: (CP) 4- The want of confidence mo- , tlon against the Bennett gov- i mminent moved by Hon. Ian MacVenzle, Liberal member for Vancouver Centre, was re- jected.laH night by the House of Commons in a division of 93 Conservatives votea n to to 63 69. uonsc to 144 shillings dla. gold price closed yesterday Resumption of $31 09 per ounce, up 9c. '.4. with Liberals a Some Some of of the the C. C. n BAR it 111 SILVER vfu L.dentand dent and Progr wheat and other WANT OF CONFIDENCE MOTION VOTED DOWN the resolution as solidly for It. c. F., inaepen- Progressive members supported the resolution. NEW YORK. Feb. 28 (CP)-Dar 1.... closed wwi nt ai 56 aovsc Ue Der jjct uu..w ounce to- L- VlOrW"-1A1 B.C. Today's Weather Tomorrow's Tides V High , 10:07 ajn. 19.7 tt. prince Rupert Clear, A 23:20 p.m. 18 J) tt. variable wind: barometer. 3. Low 3:48 ajn. 9.8 ft. 42; sea smooth. temperature, 18:56 pan. 4.4 ft. NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BRITISH COLUMBIA'S NEWSPAPER - V V. XXV No. 49. PRINCE RUPERT, B.C.THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1935 PRICE; flVE CENTS SOCKEYE EXPORT MAY BE PERMITTED TEN MILLION FEDERAL FUND TO HELP FISHING IS PROPOSED Offensive Fisheries Regulation is Likely To Be Abrogated Now Proposal of A. W. Ncill, Independent Member For Comox-Mbcrni, is Unanimously Approved by Committee Of House of Commons OTTAWA, Feb. 28: (CP) A resolution sponsored by A, W Ncill, Independent member for Comox-Alberni, le-lunding abrogation of the fisheries regulation prohibit-in: the export of fresh sockeye salmon was unanimously adopted today by the committee of the House of Commons cn marine and fisheries. Mr. Neill claimed that the regu- i nacted forty years ago. waR .t r needed and that It now ed the bes' usdiMry Dionnes Provide Artists With Excellent Advice The father and mother of the famed Dionns quintuplets giv-? an artt some expert advfca on retouching the picture of one of the five, as they visit a Detroit newspaper of flue Its Marie who Is looking rougulshly down at them from the photo being p eparea for publication. NEW HEAD OF POLICE !: Inspector T. V. Sandys-Wunsch, Well Known in This District, H.C-M.P. Superintendent OTTAWA, Feb. 28: CP Inspector T. V. Sandys-Wunsch has been appointed superintendent of Royal Canadian Mounted Police effective as from March 1. UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF COST IN GREAT BRITAIN REACHES HUGE FIGURE I ! LONDON. Feb. 28: (CPI V Unemployment will cost the British taxpayer more than t $350,000,000 during the flnan- cial year beginning April 1, estimates today showed. Of h the total $250,000,000 will be for the dole. STORM IN HONOLULU Torrential Rain Causes Four Deaths Lawns Covered With Hail Su;ar Under Water HONOLULU, Feb. 28: (CP) A torrential rainstorm, accompanied by lightning and hu;e hailstones, caused at least four deaths, broke power lines and disrupted traffic last night. The hailstones covered the lawns like snow. Many sugar cane fields arc under from four to five feet of water. 3uilding Permits For This February Ahead of Last Year (REUNION IS HELD Twenty Local Veteran of South African Campaign Have Get-Together Local veterans of the South Af-tican campaign foregathered last night at a highly enjoyable reunion banquet at the rooms of the Canadian Legion to celebrate In a hap py and reminiscent way the thirty-fifth annldersary of the Re lief of Ladysmlth and the Surren der of Cronje. G. A. Woodland wa; I In the chair and, after full Justice had been done to an excellcn scread, several hours were delight fully spent with an Impromptu pro srarn of speeches and music t-which all present contributed. Oli scenes and experiences of the cam palgn were brought back .to mlnr and the general sentiment wru Those present wre G. A. .Wood land. S. C. Thomson. W. J, Ray-1 mond. W. H. WUson-Murray. T. H. Iohnon. F. W. Stamp-Vincent, O.. Connelly, H. Cherrv. R. W. Cam- eron. A. O. Franks, Wright bavles. King. Inspector A. Fraser, Charles Ellison and A. Maclver. Jack Preece, president of the Canadian Legion, was a guest. Building permits to the value of $2400 were Issued In Prince Rupert PfiUrP Pniirf FiriPQ 1 1 I I11CO during the month of February end- VUUI lng today as compared with $1275 in the same month last year. Per mits for the first two months of 1935 have totalled $2880 In value as compared with $3075 In the same i Total period last year. February permits were as follows: Mrs. C. E. Black, repairs to Post Duff Would Have Gov't Assist I STRIKE IS in TALKED OF Another Tie-up In Steamship Ser vice trora acaine -io. Aiaa&o. Appears on Horizon SEATTLE, Feb. 28: (CP) Strike clouds were again hovering over the Seattle waterfront yesterday as sailors of the Union of the Pacific sought to negotiate for larger wa?es and shorter hours In-the Seattle-Alaska service. Alaska ship opeiators claimed that the men were asking a fifty percent increase and a six-hour day. "The only thing we can do is tie up the ships for their demands arc ruinous," one spokesman Parliament Out For Phone Call Ontario Government Changes Phone Girl's Answer Makes It Provincial that 't would b highly desirable to make a reunion of this sort an TORONTO, Feb. 23: (CP)-If you annual institution, s. C. Thomson are a stickler Ior accuracy you will . be olcased to know Hon. T. B. Mc- even'ng. The crm'ttee in.hargel3ueslcn. Ontario minister of hlgh-of the event consisted of O. A. ways and pubUc works has rul!d ' lthe telephone operators at' the Woodland and S. C. Thomson. 'legislative ounaings musi answer calls with "Provincial Government" und not the old response, "Parlia ment Buildings." Mr. McQuesten's department. j ! which has charge of the telephone ; evrtAm in tho HlitlrMn ore n-ariT ftir. Malcolm McArthur. Harry Rivett., thr than correcting ,u the Inaccur Steve e- t T. rut, Lahiff. To-t. J, t acy at the central switchboard. The new telephone directory for To- jrovto also made the change. Of-I flees formerly under "Parliament j Buildings" are now capped by the Iheavj black line "Province of On tario.1 The department found that some ...l, 4t.J lk. ...nl. fnl T TT I (jCJSUUd, WtlCIi WJIU 'JJC WCiC OJcenw- this Year Heavier 1lntot th -riiament Buudings.- I understood the title to mean the ; legislative chamber Itself. I 1 1 1 . . 1 U For Fphni.irv and For 1935 "umcr icasuu ior uic tiiau5v To Date Doth Higher Than In 1934 Office building. $1000. Police court fines for the month Mrs. C. McF. Smith, repairs to of February in Prince Rupert total- Smith Block. $200. Id $406 as compared with ,$172 In i was the Ottawa practice of answer ing calls with the words "Dominion Government." Vancouver Wheal Provincial Department of Public the same month last year, bringing) Works, erection of two storey ware-(the total for the year to date,up to . VANCOUVER, Feb. 28: (CP)-- house building, McBrlde Street and,$541 as compared with $317 in the Wheat was quoted at 80J8c on thi Third Avenue, $1200. "'first two months o! 1934, , local exchange today. Outfitting And Building of Boats Bonussing of Catches is Also Provided For in Request Being Placed Before House of Commons by Liberal Member For Nova Scotia OTTAWA, Feb. 28: (CP) William Duff, Liberal mem-ber for Antieonish-Guysboro, Nova Scotia, will ask the ' government to establish a $10,000,000 lending fund for I persons engaged in the fishing industry to assist them in obtaining supplies and equipment. It would also be dis-, tributed in the form of bonuses for shipbuilding and actual I I Kllshlne. Mr. Duff points out that the fishing Industry Is capable of great development If some encouragement is given It. He suggested a bounty or bonus.pt so much per hundred weight of fish caught by fishermen. LIBERALS ORGANIZE G. P. Lyons of This City Named To Executive of Young Party Organization VANCOUVER. Feb. 28: With delegates present from all parts of Jie province, organization .was completed here Tuesday of a British Columbia Young Liberal Association. O. P. Lyons of Prince Ru-lert was among thoiein attendance and he was elected as representa- tive of Skeena on the provisional executive. The first convention will be held In Kelowna In the summer. XILLED IN . EXPLOSION r!atcd Report of Disaster Which Took Twenty'Nlne Lives In Russian Factory MOSCOW. Feb. 28: (CP Twenty-nine persons were killed in an explosion and fire which de- troyed the Krassln 'pencil factorj arly Sunday morning. Although the fire was a large I an dspectacular on? the appalling - nortal toll was dlseVvrMl ni'v -er&ay after the bodies of the victims had been cremated. Mrs. Chisholm Buried Today funeral Took Place This Afternoon With Dean Gibson Officiating The funeral of the late Mrs. Allco Chisholm. whose death occurred earlier In the week, took place this afternoon from ths chapel of the 3. C. Undertakers to Falrvlew Cemetery with a group of friends in attendance to pay their last respects. Very Rev. James B. Gibson, dean of St. Andrew's Cathedral, officiated and A. J. Lancaster presided at the organ. C. W. Dawson, accountant of the local branch of the Bank of Mont-:eal, is confined to bed at his homo on Eleventh Street with a severe cold.