SOUTH
ATLANTIC
NAVAL
BATTI
P
LONDON
A
naval
battle
IHjS
between
an
unidentified
German
vessel
and
the
British
auxlliaJy
cruiser
Carnavon
Castle,
a
converted
passenger
liner
of
20,063
tons,
has
resulted
In
s
ight
damage
to
the
British
vessel
with
wveral
of
the
crew
Injured,
it
is
announced.
Shots
were
ex-changed
at
a
distance
t0
ten
miles.
fceyen
Full
detail,
0f
the
battle
are
not
yet
available.
ITALIANS
ABANDON
SOUTH
ALBANIA
ATHENS-Victorious
Greek
troop,
smashed
into
Santa
Caranta
and
Argirocastro,
Important
Italian
base
cities
In
Albania,
during
the
night
a,
Premier
Benito
Mussolini's
vanquished
forces
fled
In
panic
and
complete
disorder
t0
the
north.
The
Italians
arc,
apparently,
abandoning
all
of
southern
Alban-ia
and
that
a,
quickly
as
possible.
The
capture
of
Santa
Caranta
and
Arglrocastra
constitutes
the
greatest
Greek
victory
since
the
taking
of
Korltza
on
November
22.
The
blue
and
white
flag
of
Greece
flew
from
the
city
halls
of
both
citie,
today
the
Tascist
forces
took
to
headlong
flight,
they
endeavoured
"to
fire
both
town,
yesterday
but,
coming
In
from
the
outskirts
the
Creeks
advanced
so
rapidly
that
they
were
unable
to
remove
or
destroy
all
their
equipment.
MUSSOLINI
REMOVES
WAR
CHIEF
ROME
Premier
Benito
Mussolini
ha,
removed
Marshal
Fie-tro
Badoglio
as
chief
of
general
staff
of
the
Italian
Army,
replacing
him
with
General
Ugo
Cavaliaro.
Dissatisfaction
of
II
Duce
with
Badoglio's
direction
of
the
campaign
in
Greece
and
Albania,
which
has
developed
into
a
fiasco,
is
believed
to
be
the
cause
of
the
change.
Badoglio
has
long
been
regarded
as
Italy's
most
prominent
soldier.
He
directed
the
Ethiopian
campaign
and
became
known
as
the
"Duke
of
Addis
Ababa.
He
has
had
a
prominent
part
In
the
directing
of
the
war
against
Greece
HISTORIC
BOMBING
TARGETS
LONDON
Terrific
anti-aircraft
fire
today
drove
back
wave
after
wave
of
Nail
raiding
planes
In
an
attack
upon
the
Important
south
coast
naval
base
town
of
Portsmouth.
Unfavorable
weather
during
the
night
curtailed
the
attack
upon
London
and
elsewhere
In
Great
Britain
since
yesterday.
There
were
two
alerts
In
London
before
midnight
but
nothing
of
consequence
developed.
It
ha,
been
disclosed
that
Windsor
Castle,
Greenwich
Observatory
and
Holyrood
Castle
In
Edinburgh
have
been
the
targets
of
recent
Nail
air
attacks.
Three
bombs
dropped
in
the
grounds
of
Windsor
one
on
the
goh
course,
one
near
the
.
tennis
court
and
one
on
the
bowling
green.
At
Greenwich
a
high
explosive
bomb
damaged
the
priceless
revolving
globe
and
the
famou,
timepiece.
Bones
of
ancient
kings
and
queens
uf
Scotland
wre
disinterred
at
Holyrood.
The
remain,
of
Mary,
Queen
of
Scots,
are
among
those
which
have
reposed
there.
PASSING
OF
GEO-
ALLEN
rrtiident
of
Great
West
Life'
and
Cinadian
Hudson
Bay
Head
Dies
In
Victoria
VICTORIA.
December
6.
(Cana-
fan
Press)
George
William
Allan
MONTEVIDEO,
December
6:
(Ca-
anti-aircraft
fire
and
bad
weather
If
Winnipeg,
president
of
thejnadian
Press)
The
British
armed
having
combined
to
frustrate
It.
OmtWcst
Life
Assurance
Co.
and.
merchant
cruiser
Carnarvon
Cas-
The
raid
on
Dusseldorf
Wednes-Afcman
of
the
Canadian
com-,
tie,
damaged
in
battle
with
a
Ger-iday
night
lasted
from
6
p.m.
until
H
of
the
Hudson
Bay
Co.,
died
.
fo
btal
here
today.
PRESIDENT
UNDER
WAY
Ithe
engagement
when
the
German
it
Sea
Again
Today
Following
H,raider
outdistanced
her
and
said.
Visit
to
British
Island
Colony
of
Jamaica
KINGSTON,
Jamaica,
Dec.
6.
Concluding
his
visit
to
this
British
Island
colony,
President
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
left
today
aboard
UJ5.S.
Tuscaloosa
In
continuation
of
his
tow
of
Caribbean
defences.
His
Prince
Rupert-overcast,
south-wxt
point
of
visit
was
not
dLsclos-
least
wind,
fourteen
miles
per
hour;
ed.
.barometer,
29.65;
temperature,
43;
Except
to
visit
the
site
on
Port-1
visibility,
twenty
miles;
light
chop,
land
Bight
the
use
of
which
United
i
Island-ralnlng.
south-
States
has
obtained
from
Great
Bri-
east
wind,
twenty
miles
per
hour;
tain
for
the
establishment
of
an
air,
and
naval
base,
President
Roosevelt
flW
not
go
ashore
In
Jamaica.
lie
Inspected
the
large
fleet
anchorage
j
and
the
ground
for
an
all
base.
j
Mr
Roosevelt
entertained
Sir
Arthur
Richards,
Oovernor
of
Jamaica,
and
Mrs.
Richards
and
family
aboard
the
Tuscaloosa
at
luncheon.
The
United
States
consul
to
Jamaica
wa
also
present.
The
President
got
an
actual
sight
of
war
operations
by
seeing
a.
Brl-tish
steamer
which
had
on
board
lx
hundred
German
prisoners
of
"ar
enroute
to
Canada.
TIME
STILL
MARCHES
ON
imaging
of
Greenwich
Observa-to'y
by
Bombing
Has
Not
Put
Famous
Ball
Out
of
Commission
LONDON
rwpmhpr
6
(Canadian
Press)Althoirgh
the
Greenwich
Observatory
was
damaged
in
a
re-Cfnt
air
raid,
the
famous
time
all
continues
to
function,
It
as
Rinsed
today.
.
IS
HEADING
INTO
PORT
Carnarvon
Castle
Due
at
Monte,
vido
Monday,
Being
Given
Permission
to
Make
Repairs
There
man
raider,
Is
expected
to
reach
Montevideo
Monday,
aDnarently
seeking
repairs.
It
Is
learned
that
the
Uruguayan
government
has
granted
permission
for
her
entry.
Informed
sources
place
the
scene
jof
the
battle
one
thousand
miles
.northeast
of
Montevideo.
Naval
isources
believe
the
ship
broke
off
that
the
fact
that
the
Carnarvon
Navy
Castle
was
putting
Into
port
lndi-'the
cated
that
another
warship
has
out
taking
up
the
chase.
TODAY'S
WEATHER
visibility,
ten
miles:
sea
rougn.
Lansara
Island
raining,
south
east
wind,
twelve
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.36;
temperature,
42;
visibility,
twelve
miles;
light
swell.
Dead
Tree
Point
raining,
southeast
wind,
27
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.47;
temperature,
46;
visibility,
five
miles;
sea
rough.
Bull
Harbor
light
rain,
southeast
wind,
21
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
29.94;
temperature,
44;
vis
ibility,
six
miles;
moderate
swell.
Alert
Bay
southwest
wind,
21
miles
per
hour;
barometer.
30.03;
temperature,
44;
visibility,
15
miles;
sea
rough.
Estevan
overcast,
south
southeast
wind,
twelve
miles
per
hour;
barometer,
30.09;
temperature,
46.
Victoria
overcast,
soumeast
wind,
ten
miles
per
hour;
Daro-
meter,
30.21;
temperature.
i.
Vancouver
overcast,
easicujr
wind,
seven
miles
per
nour.
Bar
ometer.
30.20;
temperature,
44
Prince
George-
clear,
soumcny
wind,
ten
miles
per
hour;
baro
meter,
29.95.
NEW
YORK
corrER
NEW
YORK,
Dec.
6:-
Copper
was
unchanged
on
the
New
York
metal
market
yesterday
with
March
closing
at
10.95c
per
pourfd.
Vol.
XXIX.,
No.
288.
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ft
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She
Wmm
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
Tomorrow
sT
ides
High
7:59
am
18.3
tl.
20:12
pjn.
16.0
ft.
Low
1:00
ajn.
7.3
ft.
14:03
pm.
9.0
It.
Greeks
Sweeping
Ahead
BLOWS
BY
OUR
SIDE
HEAVIEST
Last
Forty-eight
Hours
of
Aerial
War
Has
Been
More
Costly
For
Enemy
Than
For
Britain
NAZIS
RETURN
TONIGHT
LONDON.
Dec.
6:
(CP)
After
inactivity
through
daylight
hours,
the
German
air
force
swooped
back
on
England
with
darkness
tonight.
Plane,
are
reported
over
southwest
town,
the
industrial
Midlands
and
Wales.
An
official
statement
discloses
that
German
bombers,
sweeping
over
in
waves,
ltll'M
a
number
of
persons
and
Inflicted
heavy
damage
to
private
o-ertv
In
the
south
coat
naval
base
of
Portsmouth
in
a
rnn,"T't
rated
three
"nour
assault.
i
large
number
were
left
home
less',
i
LCNDCN,
Dec.
6.-
Far
hravi-r!
bfbws
have
been
delivered
by
Ore-it
Britain
a-iainst
Germany
in
the
air
war
durin?
the
oast
forty-elaht
hcurs
than
Germany
has
been
able
to
score
unon
Britain.
V
,
bonds,
A
concent
rated
attack
which
was
bearing
attempted
last
night
by
the
Nads'
,1JfH?u?
M
untU
after
mld"
last
nght--mouth
onithe
naval
base
city
of
Petty
inlght
I-
believed
to
have
been
In
!
the
nature
of
reprisal
for
smashing
;
blows
delivered
by
the
Royal
Air
i
Force
on
Turin,
Italy,
and
Dussel-:
dorf,
Germany.
It
was
suggested
in
Berlin
.that,
it
was
but
the
start
of
a
campaign
to
reduce
BritlMi
naval
base
and
that
further
attacks
on
Portsmouth
might
be
an-'
ticlpated.
As
it
was
last
night's
attack
resulted
in
little
damage
and!
ifew
casualties,
effective
British!
6
a.m.
and
was
continuous
through-
out
that
time.
Tons
of
bomb3
were
dropped
and
many
fires
were
left
behind,
extensive
damage
tc
the
Important
German
centre
being
evident.
In
addition
to
explosives,
leaflets
were
dropped
on
Turin
and
pictures
showing
actual
damage
which
was
done
to
Taranto
naval
base
on
the
recent
raid
there
by
the
British
air
arm
when
a
large
part
of
Italian
fleet
was
entirely
put
of
commission.
Last
night,
on
the
whole,
aerial
warfarp
was
at
a
low
ebb
owing
to
the
unfavorable
weather.
Nevertheless,
British
planes
crossed
the
Channel
to
drop
bomb3
on
military
objectives
In
Holland
and
France,
two
of
the
planes
falling
to
return.
There
was
another
duel
of
big
guns
across
the
Channel
yesteiday.
SURVIVORS
ARE
LANDED
No
Details
of
Marine
Disaster
Ull
Australian
Coast
Six
Lose
Lives
CANBERRA,
Australia,
Decem
ber
6
(Canadian
Press)--Thirteen
survivors
of
an
unidentified
ship
were
rescued
from
the
wreckage
of
their
vsesel
on
the
Australian
coast
last
night.
The
sunken
ves
sel
was
not
Identified
but
it
was
reported
that
six
members
of
the
crew
were
lost.
No
details
were
given.
ONE
NEUTRAL
NAVY
STOCKHOLM,
Dec.
6:
(CP)
The
Swedish
Navy
is
being
reinforced
at
lsh
d
stcrll
was
rapid
speed
-
October
launchlngsat
Qn
New
york
fo
Including
three
mine-sweepers.
exchange
yesterday.
LIKE
FATHER
LIKE
SON
MELBOURNE,
Dec.
6:
(CP)
First
father
and
son
to
have
their
"wings"
in
the
Royal
Air
Force
are
Flight-Lieutenant
R.
U.
Hoddlnott
and
his
son,
Pilot
Officer
W.
Hoddlnott.
PRINCE
DUSSELDORF
HEAVY
HIT
Object
of
Most
Intensified
Raid
Yet
By
Royal
Air
Force
LONDON,
Dec.
6:
(CP)
The
air
raid
of
the
.Royal
Air
Force
on
Dusseldorf
railway
yards
and
factories
Wednesday
night
was
the
longest
and
most
Intensive
yet
carried
out
on
a
single
objectlv
by
the
British.
It
lasted
rrom
6
p.
.m
until
6
ajn.
and
tons
of
bombs
were
dropped.
,
1
PROPOSAL
I
'
REJECTED
ICompu'sory
Non-Interest
Bearing
Bond
Purchase
Not
Favored
'
OTTAWA,
Dec.
6:
CP-
The
"ouse
ot
Commons
yesterday,
by
a
d'v;on
.145to
l9'
voted
down
"
iwmuu
nu-
erat'"
Pf1
ma.k,nS
compul-
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(
Court
j
8.
D
Johnston
Co.)
Vancouver
Big
Missouri,
Caribci
Quartz.
2.20.
Dentonio,
0A.
Fairview.
.00.
Hr(ilr
"iscot,
.55.
Mlnto,
.01.
Noble
Five,
.OD'-i.
Pend
Oreille.
1.80.
Poneer.
2.05.
Premier,
.85.
Privateer.
.53.
evcs
Ma'idonald.
.17.
Reno,
.12.
Rlief
Arlington,
.02'2.
Salmon
Gold,
.02
"4.
Sheep
Creek,
.85.
Cariboo
Hudson,
.02iA.
Oils
A.
P.
Con.,
.09.
Calmont,
.23.
C.
&
E.,
1.40.
Home,
2.40.
Pacalta,
.05.
Royal
Canadian,
.092A.
Okalta,
.70.
Mercury,
.04'i.
Prairie
Royalties,
.07.
Toronto
Aldermac,
.15.
Beattle,
1.15.
Central
Pat.,
1.95.
Cons.
Smelters,
SS.OOi.
East
Malartic,
2.85.
Fernland,
.02.
Francoeur,
.44.
Gods
Lake,
.40.
Hardrock,
1.02.
Int.
Nickel,
34.00.
Kerr
Addison,
3.50.
Little
Long
Lac,
2.10.
McLeod
Cockshutt,
2.30.
Madsen
Red
Lake,
.64.
McKenzie
Red
Lake,
1.21.
Moneta,
.53.
Noranda,
56.00
V4.
Pickle
Crow,
2.95.
Preston
East
Dome,
3.20.
San
Antonio,
2.55..
Sherrltt
Gordon,
.80.
Uchl,
.30.
Bouscadillac,
.03.
'
Mosher,
.O6V2.
Oklend,
.08.
Smelters
Gold,
.00
VS.
.
Dominion
Bridge,
25.00.
POUND
STERLING
NEW
YORK.
Dec.
6:rr-The
Brl-
CHICAGO
WHEAT
CHICAGO,
Dec.
6:
Wheat
prices
were
lie
lower
to
yac
higher
on
J.'the
Chicago
market
yesterday
with
1
December
closing
at
90
lie
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
RUPERT,
B.C.,
FRIDAY,
Bulletins
MRS
ORCHARD
DIES
Many
old
friends
in
the
city
will
learn
with
regret
of
the
death
in
Vancouver
on
Sunday
last
of
Mrs.
Jessie
Emily
Orchard,
wife
of
Wallace
C.
Orchard,
who
was
for
many
years
general
agent
for
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
in
Trince
Rupert,
having
!
left
htre
nine
years
ago.
Mrs.
Orchard
had
suffered
a
'
number
of
strokes
but
was
able
!
to
.be
about
until
last
Friday
when
she
'was
seiied
with
the
final
one.
Besides
the
Widower,
Mrs.
Orchard,
who
was
73
years
of
age,
is
survived
by
a
son,
Fred,
and
a
daughter,
Mrs.
Edward
Mayon.
The
funeral
took
place
.
In
Vancouver
Wednesday
afternoon
with
Rev.
Roy
Mainwaring
i
officiating.
!
1
CAPT.
KINNEY
DIES
VICTORIA
Capt.
Charles
P.
Kinney,
retired
veteran
master
mariner
of
this
coast,
passed
away
here
yesterday.
DEATH
PENALTY
BERLIN
According
to
infor-.
matlon
received
here,
Premier
Ion
Antonescu
has
decreed
the
death
penalty
for
those
instigating
or
leading
rebellions
in
Rumania.
There
is
no
appeal
and
execution
must
be
carried
out
within
ten
hours
of
the
imposi
tion
of
sentence.
,
.,
ENOKMOUS
CONTRACTS
WASHINGTON
Contracts
for
--a.lo
combat
ships
are
now
bein?
carried
out
in
the
United
Stat
s.
The
total
value
of
$3,-yfl".0f)0.
Ships
are
coming
off
the
ways
at
the
rate
of
one
every
twelve
days.
A
total
of
162,000
nrr
-niHcycd
in
the
shipyards.
Crn'trucl'on
time
has
been
speeded
up
to
35
months
for
cruiser
and
21
months
for
destroyers.
ROME
UNDER
FIRE?
ROME
Reuters
said
that
the
Rome
radio
went
off
the
air
at
6:40
p.m.
Silence
of
radio
is
a
.
familiar
precaution
against
air
l
raids
In
Italy.
I
GREEK
SHIP
DISABLED
l
NEW
YORK
A
Greek
vessel
has
sent
out
"S.O.S."
messages
from
400
miles
west
of
the
British
Isles,
saving
she
is
disabled
in
a
storm
with
29
on
board.
TO
HELP
BRITAIN
WASHINGTON
Unjted
Slates,
in
making
a
$100,000,000
loan
to
Argentina,
does
so
on
the
distinct
understanding
that
Argentina
I
will
extend
a
$160,000,000
credit
to
Great
Britain
for
purchase
of
foodstuffs.
Thus
the
making
of
a
direct
loan
by
United
States
to
Great
Britain
vill
be
obviated
and
it
will
not
be
necessary
to
amend
the
Johnson
Act.
Sir
Frederick
Phillips,
Under
Secretary
of
the
British
Treasury,
arrived
here
today
to
meet
the
United
States
government
and
explain
Britain's
financial
status
and
her
war
needs.
DETONIA
PROTESTED
,
VICHY
The
United
Stales
embassy
,
is
reported
to
have
protested
against
the
German
detention
of
the
former
embassy
reception-I
1st
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Dec;
in
on
1
what
are
described
unofficially
as
charges
that
she
aided
British
officers
j
to
escape
from
unoccupied
France.
GERMAN
PEACE
BID
BUDAPEST
A
German
peace
i
proposal
for
the
ending
of
the
1
war
between
Greece
and
Italy
is
'
reported
to
have
been
delivered
through
Turkish
authorities
to
Premier
John
Mctaxas
ot
Greece
at
Salonika.
DECEMBER
671940.
GO
WITH
BRITAIN
Southern
Dominion
Arranges
Closer
Ties
With
Free
France
Possessions
AUCKLAND,
N.Z.,
Dec.
6;
(CP)
The
decision
of
the
French
possessions
of
Noumea
and
Tahiti
lo
rally
to
the
cause
of
General
de
Gaulle
and
Free
France
has
resulted
in
closer
ties
with
British
possessions
in
the
Pacific.
Following
the
plebiscite
In
Ta-
'hiti,
Moorea
and
Paumoto
Archl-
pelago
which
resulted
in
an
over
whelming
vote
In
favor
of
General
de
Gaulle
5564
votes
to
18
for
the
'Vichy
eovernment-the
New
Zea-'""
Ui
""T.r
other0,1
dePfture
on
the
Fascist
inva-
land
government
on
behalf
of
governments
of
the
British
Com-'mcnwealth
made
contact
with
the
new
administration.
This
was
done
through
a
highly
placed
government
officer.
He
vis
Ited
Tahiti,
where
he
found
the
new
Governor,
M.
Edmond
Mansard,
in
office,
assisted
by
members
of
the
late
Governor's
Privy
Council,
who
had
r-een
largely
responsible
for
the
dec'sicn
to
support
the
Free
French
movement.
The
Governor
and
his
advisers
aopeared
to
be
firmly
in
control
of
the
situation
and
to
have
the
support
cf
the
great
bulk
of
the
popu
latian.
Their
co-operation
with
the
-new
eaiana
representative
was
most
cordial;
I
is
intended
tnat
New
Zealand.
.ci2.
ania,
shall
maintain
contact
uith
me
rermory.
prime
Minister
Fras-
er
of
New
Zealand,
stressed
that
Fren:h
Oceania
was
not
in
any
way
merely
a
British
protectorate
under
the
supervision
of
New
Zealand.
French
Oceania
was
being
administered
under
the
authority
of
General
de
Gaulle.
Mr.
Fraser
said,
through
hU
anpointee.
and
was
freely
and
of
its
own
desire,
co-op-erat'ng
with
the
British
Commonwealth
In
the
present
struggle.
Effortr
are
being
made
in
New
Zealand
to
increase
trade
with
Noumea
(New
Caledonia)
and
ship
with
exDorters
and
Importers
in
the
French
possession
tTh"u,ikof
Ne
Caledonia's
sub-
stantlal
nickel
ore
output
will
prob-
ably
E
t0
Nnlted
state3-
HOUSE
TO
PROROGUE
iSession
At
Victoria
Concludes
TodayAnother
Sitting
Before
Spring
Election
Expected
VICTORIA,
December
6
(Cana-
dlan
Press)
The
British
Columbia
j
Legislature
is
proroguing
today;
after
the
Lieutenant
Governor,
1
Hon.
E".
W.
Hamber,
gives
assent
to
sixty
or
more
bills.
Among
measures
passed
during
1
'the
28-day
session
was
the
Teach-
ers'
Pension
Act,
replacing
the
11929
act
and
giving
all
retired
teachers
pensions
of
not
less
than
$50
monthly.
Another
bill
gives
municipalities
i
.
A
$250,000
in
the
fiscal
year
ending,!
OlICC
At
UCCfiH
iMarcnoi.isw,
ana
annually
inere-t
after
not
less
than
$450,000
to
be
distributed
on
an
equitable
basis.
Although
there
Is
no
official
indication,
some
believe
that
another
session
will
be
held
following
the
Dominion
-
provincial
conference
at
Ottawa
In
January
with
the
possibility
of
a
provincial,
election
late
in
spring.
BULGARIAN
BORDER
CLOSED
SOFIA
Bulgaria
has
closed
her
frontier
to
Rumanian
refugees
and,
possibly,
any
move
kouth-ward
by
the
Germany
army.
Refugees
are
fleeing
out
of
Rumania
to
Hungary.
PRICE:
CENTS
BOOTY
IS
CAPTURED
Creeks
Take
1000
Prisoners
at
Ar-
girocastro
and
Considerable'
War
Material
BITOLJ,
Yugo
Slavia,
December
6
(Canadian
Press)
Dispatches
reaching
the
Yugo-Slav
border
to-
day
said
that
reek
troo?s
had
occupied
the
Important
interior
Albanian
town
of
Argirocastro
today
after
heavy
fighting,
taking
more
than
one
thousand
prisoners.
Considerable
war
material
is
also
reported
captured
by
the
Greeks
ff
ey
swept
into
the
former
Italian
base
which
was
to
have
.
.
.
1
IL.
I
I
sion
of
Greece
which
has
now
turned
Into
a
complete
counter-invasion.
Earlier
It
was
announced
in
Athens
that
the
important
Albanian
r?.
Z
'
,
Caranta)
had
been
occu')lEd'
-T
Italian
U-Boat
Has
Sunk
Greek
Destroyer,
Said
1
ROME.
December
6
Italian
na
val
authorities
-o.lalm
-that
tin
Ttnl.
,an
suhmarin
has
sunk
a
Grfc
MedftSran-
a'n
waters'
"
'r
'
.
AIR
TRAVEL
IS
GROWING
Y
JMore
People
Handled
by
TransCan-ada
in
October
.Than
September
WINNIPEG,
Dec.
6.
Figures
for
ers
flew
with
the
national
air
ser-
vice
that
month
as
against
373(5
In
:
September
on
Increase
of
323.
Only
the
peak
vacation
month
of
1940
made
a
better
showing.
Air
mall
continued
the
steady
increase
that
began
last
July.
The
"
October
load
was
94,164
pounds,
an"
all-time
record,
more
than
four
tons
over
September
and
showinfr;p.
steady
Increase
since
mid-year.
Air
express
fell
from
12,776
to
10,249;
pounds.
The
decrease
was
attribute
able
to
one
point
Ottawa.
Jjc
The
passenger
figures
presentedr
show
actual
passengers
carried
and
not
tickets
sold
as
heretofore.
No
sign
of
a
seasonal
falling
off
in
passenger
traffic
was
evidenced
in
the
statistics
released
by
D.
B.
Colyer,
vice-president.
The
new
Toronto-Windsor
service
has
proved
to
be
one
of
the
belt
patronized
services
in
the
T.C.A,
system
although
It
was
established
only
a
few
months
ago,
sjJd
Mr.
Colyer.
New
District
Of
Falls
Is
Opened
Announcement
Is
made,
of
the
establishment
of
a
ney,
pol.ee
district
with
headquarters'
at
Ocean
Falls.
and,
with
Corp.
h.f-A.
N.
Pot-tcfrtonjoj
pqen
Falls,
IpyKaige.
The
Ocean
Falls"
district,
coming
under
Prince
Rupert
division,
take,;
In
the
coast
from
Butedale
to
Smi
;hs
Inlet
including
Bella
Coola
end
the
police
boat
P.M.L.
7.
Corp
Potter-ton
Is
well
known
In
Prince
Rupert,
having
been
a
member
of
the
old
city
force
here
ia
the
early
days
and
also
having
been"
for
a
considerable
time
stationed
at
Stewart.
1,
at