The
city
tax
rate
for
the
year
1943
will
be
llfty
mills
on
one
hundred
percent
of
land
and
fifty
percent
of
improvements
as
compared
with
last
year's
rate
of
47
2
mills
on
one
hundred
percent
of
the
land
and
35
percent
of
Improvements.
The
fifty
mill
rate
is
made
up
of
22
for
schools,
15
for
money
debts
and
18
for
general
expenditure.
The
rate
for
the
year
was
de
cided
upon
by
the
city
council
last
night
following
the
passage
of
a
motion
that
the
recommendation
of
the
committee
of
the
whole
be
'ac
cepted,
showing
estimated
expenditures
for
1943
of
$506,493.25'
against-
estimated
revenue
of
$329,-
I
4C8.00
leaving
a
balance
.of
$177,-085.25
to
be
ralied
by
taxation
for
general,
loan
and
school
purposes
and
furthct
that
a
bylaw
be
prepared
levying
taxes
for
the
year
1943
on
the
basis
of
a
rate
of
53
mills
in
tfli
tun
assessed
value
of
land
ind
on
50
percent
of
the
assessed
value
of
Improvements,
within
the
city
Aid,
W.
II.
Brett,
chairman"
of
the
finance
committee,
made
the
following
explanation:
As
tne
members
of
the
council
are
wch
aware
these
estimates
have
been
cut
to
the
bone
and
allow
for
very
minor
additions
to
existing
sc
v;,:ci
and
oniy
for
bare
necessities
in
the
way
of
upkeep.
Despite
thci;
economies
it
has
been
found
r.ccca.ary
not
only
to
Increase
the
lax
raie
but
to
levy
the
Increased
taxes
on
50
percent
of
the
improvements
rather
than
on
35
per-ceni
as
heretofore.
Consequently
I
(eel
that
an
explanation
is
due
the
ratepayers
of
the
need
for
this
increase.
"Ihe
auditor's
statement
con
cerning
operations
for
the
year
1942
show
an
actual
deficit
of
$48,
406.77
in
other
words
the
rate
levl
cd
tor
that
year
fell
short
by
over
$48,000
of
paying
for
the
year's
expenditures.
In
addition
we
find
that
the
previous
administration
towards
the
close
of
the
year
ordered
a
fire
truck
to
the
value
ol
$10,700.
an
Iron
fireman
to
the
value
of
$000,
a
garbage
truck
body
io
the
value
of
$2600
and
a
new
weigh
5Caie
at
a
price
as
yet
unknown,
with
no
provision
made
for
the
payment
of
these
items,
In
the
1912
estimates.
This
council
Is
therefore
faced
with
meeting
these
payments,
of
an
extraordinary
nature
oui
of
the
1943
oeneral
revenue.
These
are
circumstances
over
which
this
council
had
no
control
and
explain
the
necessity
for
the
in
crease
in
taxation.
Assessment
Higher
Taxable
land
in
the
city
this
year
s
Placed
at
$1,730,085
as
compared
with
$1,619,250
last
vear
and
tax
able
Improvements
at
$3,623,240
as
against
$3517366
In
1942.
The
tax
atlon
this
year,
therefore,
is
raised
orl
an
assesxmpnt
nf
!ta
451.7(15
(one
hundred
percent
of
land
and
fifty
Percent
of
improvements)
as
com
pared
with
last
year's
assessment
of
$2,850,328
fnnp
hunrirrd
nereent
f
land
and
thirty-five
percent
of
"''yrovements).
Ban
Is
Put
On
Septic
Tanks
No
further
Installations
will
be
permltted
In
City
of
Prince
Rupert
The
city
council
has
decided
that
'
iurtho
r
We
lnst.il
In
Hon
r,f
n)U
tor,V.
Wthln
the
,h
permits
will
be
granted
FLYING
FORTRESSES
BOMB
JAPS
IN
SOLOMONS
of
obtaining
draft
deferment
by
posing
as
an
essential
war
worker.
Orlando
was
freed
under
a
$2,000
bond
to
await
grand
jury
action
on
his
case.
Waterfront
Lot
Leased
by
City
Site
is
Voted
lo
Armour
Salvage
Co.
Instead
of
United
States
Engineering
Department
The
city
council
has
agreed
to
lease
the
easterly
100
feet
of
waterfront
block
D
and
westerly
100
feet
of
Block
E
to
the
Armour
Salvage
Co.
The
United
States
Engineering
Dept.
had
also
sought
to
lease
the
property
which
Is
located
near
the
elevator
but
the
Armour
Co.
was
consisting
of
favored.
A
committee
ai
w
it.
nrett
and
Aid.
T.
H.
Sorensen
reported
that
this
loca
coninci
w
.
m.
tion
would
not
required
for
the
construction
of
a
fishermen's
float.
The
United
States
Engineering
Department
has
also
applied
for
a
waterfront
Block
B
the
lease
on
referred
to
the
aDDllcatlon
being
pPePclaf
committee
of
Aid.
Brett
and
investigate
i
whether
Aid.
Sorensen
to
interfere
with
the
proposed
it
would
fishermen's
floats
site.
heavy
damage.
Twenty-one
bombers
were
lost
In
this
attack
includ
ing
two
Canadian
craft.
Bochum
and
other
centres
of
the
Ruhr
were
targets
from
which
eight
Canadian
planes
failed
to
return.
Yesterday
squadrons
of
bombers
and
fighters
crossed
and
rccrossed'
the
southeast
coast,
hinting
at
a
continuation
of
intensive
blows
directed
at
the
continent
during
the
week-end,
today's
announcement
confirming
the
fact.
Sunday
night
the
Royal
Air
Force
and
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
had
struck
at
St.
Nazalre
in
a
concentrated
attack
which
cost
two
bombers,
one
of
them
Cana
dian.
This
raid
was
carried
out
in
considerable
strength
and
added
new
damage
to
the
U-boat
haven
which
has
been
attacked
often
and
heavily
in
the
past.
Clean-up
Of
Cow
Bay
Is
To
Be
Made
There
Is
to
be
another
clean-up
of
old
hulks
which
have
been
ac
cumulating
in
Cow
Bay.
The
city
engineer
has
been
instructed
by
the
board
of
works
to
notify
the
owners
of
such
hulks
to
have
same
remov
cd
from
Cow
Bay
within
a
limited
period-
Otherwise,
the
city
will
re
move
them
and
bill
the
owners
with
the
cost
of
such
removal.
439
KIRKS
HIT
EDINBURGH,
March
29
O)
Ene
my
action
has
damaged
439
Presbyterian
churches
and
other
properties
H
was
reported
at
the
General
Assembly
of
the
Church
of
Scotland.
10,000
TIN
CANS
The
tin
used
to
solder
parts
In
a
medium
army
tank
would
make
10,000
tin
cans.
PROVINCIAL
LIBRARY
!0
Local
Temperature
Tonight's
Dim-oat
mm
(Halt
an
hour
aftr
sunset
to
.
..
Maximum
52.5
halt
an
hour
before
sunrise.)
Minimum
v$
Jo.
Q,
8:41
p.m.
to
6:49
ajn.
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
RR1TISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
VOL,
XXXII,
-No.
75
V
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
MARCH
30,
1943
PRICE:
FIVE
CENTS
V
MOHE
CUV
TAXES
TAX
RATE
FOR
YEAR
IS
DECIDED
Levy
to
be
Fifty
.Mills
on
One
Hundred
Percent
of
lana
anu
Thirty-Five
Percent
of
Improvements
Sweep
Forward
In
Tun
isia
Leaving
fire
and
destruction
in
their
wake.
LJ3.
army
Flying
Fortresses
carried
out
a
bombing
sortie
on
Jap
Installations
on
Gizo
Island
in
the
Solomons.
The
raid
-was
part
of
a
triple-pronged
aerial
thrust
against
the
enemy
durin
the
fight
for
Guadalcanal,
he
starboard
wing
or
the
Flying
Fortress
from
which
a
VS.
navy
photographer
snapped
this
picture
is
visible
at
the
extreme
right.
Berlin
Is
Hit
Hard
Again;
Tempo
of
Air
Attacks
Is
Mounting
Heavy
Damage
Inflicted
on
Rcicli
Capital
as
Elsewhere
R.C.A.F.
Piayinp
Part
LONDON,
March
30,
1913
The
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
joined
the
Royal
Air
Force
in
a
great
two-pronged
aerial
offensive
against
Berlin
and
objectives
in
the
Ruhr
last
night,
it
was
announced
today.
Heavy
attacks
cost
thirty-two
bombers,
ten
of
them
Canadian.
.Sweeping
over
Berlin
for
the
second
time
in
three
nights,
British
HE
DODGED
U.S.
DRAFT
Montreal
Hockey
Hay"
Admits
Guilt
and
Remanded
to
Grand
Jury
DETROIT,
March
30
ttPi-Jlmmy
Orlando
of
Montreal,
aged
28,
dc-
fenccman
for
the
Detroit
Red
Wings,
National
Hockey
League
team,
pleaded
guilty
to
a
cnarge
arid
Canadian
niers
lnincieo.
C.N.R.
DOES
VERY
WELL
Revenues
Reach
New
All
Time
High
And
Over
$25,000,000
is
Cleared
OTTAWA,
March
30
0
The
Canadian-National
Railways
had
a
most
profitable
year's
operation
during
1042
and
Was
able
to
turn
over
$25,063568
to
the
government
after
payment
of
taxes
arid
interest
to
the
public
and
the
government,
it
was
shown
yesterday
when
the
annual
i
eport
was
tabled
in
thr
House
of
Commons.
Gross
revenues
reached
$375,654,-
543
more
than
a
million
dollars
a
"day
and
an
all
time
hifch.
The
report
said
that
Canadian
National
traffic
this
year
on
the
basis
of
present
Indications
will
bj
greater
still.
BULLETINS
TUCK
SCRIES
DEADLOCKED
CALGARY
Victoria
Army
defeated
Calgary
Army
four
to
three
to
deadlock
the
western
senior
hockey
semi-final
series
at
two
wins
c&ch.
The
deciding
game
will
be
played
Wednesday
at
Calgary.
Calgary
Army
had
defeated
Victoria
Army
Saturday
9
to
6
to
take
a
two
game
to
one
lead
in
the
best
of
five
Allan
Cup
playdowns.
STRIKE
IS
STILL
ON
MONTREAL
This
footsore
city
set
out
a;ain
today
to
hoof
it
to
work
with
little
sign
of
settlement
in
the
crippling
ramways
strike
that
has'
knocked
the
city's
tempo
out
of
kilter.
However,
the
t.tage
has
been
set
for
federal
government
mediation
with
the
arrival
line
of
Dr.
II.
Cart
Gold-cnberg,
appointed
special
commissioner
under
the
Industrial
Disputes
Investigation
Act.
EDEN
IN
OTTAWA
OTTAWA
Foreign
Secretary
Anthony
Eden
of
Great
Britain
arrived
today
and
will
be
here
until
Friday.
NAZI
SHU
SUNK
LONDON
A
Nazi
troopship
is
reported
to
have
been
sunk
at
Trondhcim
by
loyal
Norwegians.
BERLIN
ADMITS
DEFEAT
MADRID
A
dispatch
received
here
from
Berlin
admits
that
the
Axis
days
in
Tunisia
appear
to
be
numbered
in
view
of
overwhelming
Allied
strength.
BRAZIL
JUMPING
IN
RIO
DE
JANEIRO
A
Brazilian
expeditionary
force
is
to
be
sent
overseas
to
aid
the
Allies
but
the
size
and
destination
is
not
British
and
American
Keep
Up
Pursuit
of
Nazis;
Gabes
and
El
Hamma
Are
Already
Passed
MOVING
ON
-SMOLENSK
Russians
Continuing
Their
Steady
Advance
Nazis
Smashed
on
Donets
LONDON,
March
30
(CP)
Violent
fighting
rages
on
the
muddy
approaches
to
Smolensk
with
the
Russians
making
slow
but
stubborn
new
advances
toward
that
powerful
German
stronghold
while
Soviet
lines
alon;
the
Donets
are
holding
firm
under
minor
German
attack,
Moscow
reported
Monday
ight.
Russian
thrusts
toward
Smolensk
burst
into
a
number
of
Nazi
strongholds
with
particularly
severe
fighting
at-
a-trongly
fortified
German
centre
of
resistance
south
of
Bely
on
one
of
the
main
directional
roads
to
Smolensk.
was
smashed
back
with
two
hundred
Germans
killed.
Jap
Strength
In
Air
Grows
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
The
finance
committee
has
advised
the
city
council
that
the
city
is
not
financially
able
to
subsidize
anv
fuel
operations
at
this
tlme.
The
committee
reported
to
the
council
last
night
that
a
communication
from
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
regarding
fuel
wood
had
been
discussed
and
the
mayor
was
delegated
to
interview
'j.
V.
Scrivener,
local
representative
of
the
board,
In
this
connec
tion.
AUSSIE
SHII'-BUILDLNG
SYDNEY,
N.S.W.,
-March
29
'CD
A
merchant
vessel
of
B.000
tells,
ona
of
60
to
be
constructed
at
Austra
lian
dockyards
under
a
five-year
urogram,
was
launched
In
Nev
South
Wales
and
named
after
an
Australian
river.
Tho
pitv
council
last
nleht.
on
re
commendation
of
the
board
of
orni-ws
mvp
nermlsslon
to
G.
T.
Hlbbert
to
construct
on
lot
5
and
nriP-hnlf
of
lot
6.
block
5.
Section
1
a
building
which
will
be
used
for
a
wnrkshon
and
for
storage
pur
poses,
no
water
connection
being
required.
New
Zealand
Troops
Are
Playing
Prominent
Part,
Prime
Minister
Churchill
Tells
House
of
Commons
ALLIED
HEADQUARTERS
IN
NORTH
AFRICA,
March
30
(CP)
A
junction
between
the
British
Eighth
Army
and
American
forces
appeared
imminent
today
as
British
troops
stormed
through
Gabes
and
El
Hamma
in
pursuit
of
the
fleeing
Nazi
Africa
Corps.
Occupation
of
Gabes
an
El
Hamma
on
opposite
sides
of
the
Gabes
Wartime
Housing
On
Sand
Pit
Is
Reported
Upon
Mayor
W.
M.
Watts
advised
the
city
council
at
last
night's
meeting
bottleneck
between
sea
ana
salt
lakes
was
announced
by
an
Allied
communique.
The
New
Zealand
Second
division
continued
the
chase
of
Marshal
Er-win
Rommel
along
the
coastal
road
towards
Sfax,
seventy
miles
to
the
north.
German
armor
withdrew
from
Gabes
under
terrific
Allied
air
bombardment
as
well
as
punish-
that
Wartime
Housing
Ltd.
wa3jinent
from
the
sea
delivered
from
too
far
advanced
with
the
con-!
salvoes
of
shells
from
Allied
war-structlon
of
houses
on
the
Sand
ships.
Pit
on
Conrad
Street
to
Interfere
I
Announcing
the
passage
of
New
with
the
work
.at
this
time
or
the
Zealand
troops
through
Gabes
houses
moved
.tnls
morning,.
Prime
Minister
Wln-
Port
Edward.
..
ii
uj
i
-Rtirr
rhiirrhlir
tnlri
the
ITmiw
nf
(Termaii
plunge
io'
cross
the
Vu-
m
,u,u
WCB
s
"
"
.7h
HonpU
Rlvir
south
of
Kharkov
m-e
un
jjiupcjr
wuicii
au
---
--
-
-
AUSTRALIA,
March
30
f
Japanese
bombers
slashed
on
Monday
at
the
Allied
base
of
Orobay
In
New
Guinea,
the
Allied
command
reported.
The
second
successive
attack
on
Orobay
In
two
days
gave
more
point
to
recent
warnings
of
increasing
enemy
strength
In
the
air.
A
communique
report-
ed
that
the
Monday
raid
caus-
ed
slight
damage
and
no
casu-
allies.
Fuel
Situation
Before
Council
Finance
Committee
Says
City
is
in
No
Position
to
Finance
.been
used
as
a
community
play-
.ground.
It
had
been,
suggested
that
the
houses
were
being
built
on
property
that
had
been
conveyed
to
the
city
by
the
late
John
P.
Ersch
for
playground
pur
poses.
.However,
the
finance
committee
now.
reports
that
the
houses
mentioned
are
being
built
on
lots
1
and
4,
block
40,
section
7,
where
as
the
Ersch
property
Is
lots
6
and
7,
block
41,
section
7.
Crushed
Rock
and
Asphalt
Supply
City
Council
Looking
Into
Supplies
of
Materials
for
Street
Work
The
city
engineer
has
been
Instructed
by
the
Board
of
Works
of
the
city
council
to
ascertain
whether
crushed
rock
can
be
ob
tained
from
the
United
States
En
gineering
Department
ciusher
at
The
oil
controller
will
also
be
asked
how
much
asphalt
will,
be
available
for
the
city
this
year.
The
crushed
rock
and
asphalt
would
be
used
on
street
malnten
ance
work
in
the
city.
Centenary
Of
Victoria
City
One
Hundredth
Anniversary
of
Capital
City
Greetings
From
Trince
Rupert
The
local
city
council
last
night
formally
extended
Its
greetings
to
the
city
of
Victoria
on
attaining
its
one
hundredth
anniversary
recently.
The
message
was
ordered
sent
to
Victoria
In-view
of
the
receiving
of
an
illuminated
scroll
heralding
the
event
of
the
anniversary.
SHARK
LIVER
OIL
CAIRO,
March
29
B
There
is
a
proposal
In
Mauritius
(Indian
Ocean
Island)
for
the
commercial
production
of
shark
liver
oil-
Shark
liver
oil
is
rich
in
vitamins.
37,000
DAYS
LOST
LONDON,
March
29
)
Trade
disputes
during
January
Involved
the
loss
of
37,000
work
days,
the
Labor
Ministry
Gazette
announced.
(retreating
enemy
forces
north
of
Gabe3.
Abandoned
Nazi
tanks
and
guns
ate
being
used
by
the
Allies
against
the
ertemy.
POLICY
ON
LOT
SALE
Aim
of
City
Council
is
to
Stick
to
Assessed
Values
as
Far
as
Tossible
In
future
all
offers
to
purchase.
tax
sale
lots
will
be
referred
direct
to
the
finance
committee
of
the
city
council
which
will
have
power
lo
dispose
of
such
lots
at
a
pried
equivalent
to
the
assessed
value
of
the
property
in
question.
Where
any
conditions
exist
which
in
the
opinion
of
the
committee
render
such
lots
less
valuable,
the
commit
tee
shall
have
the
power
to
dispose
of
the
property
at
a
price
not
less
than
two-thlrd3
of
assessed
value
.
but
shall
not
have
power
to
accept
offers
at
less
than
this
figure
without
approval
of
the
council.
This
will
be
the
future
policy
In
regard
to
the
disposal
of
tax
sale-lots
as
set
down
in
a
recommendation
from
the
finance
committee
which
was
adopted
at
last
night's
council
meeting.
Traffic
Bylaw
Going
Through
Third
Reading
Given
to
Measure
Which
Completely
Overhauls
Regulations
The
new
traffic
bylaw
received
Its
third
reading
at
last
night's
meeting
of
the
city
council,
it
was
left
to
the
finance
committee
to
have
Mpiei
pf
epafed.
for
sale"
to
the
public.
The
new
bylaw,
which
has
been
in
course
of
preparation
for
a
long
time,
completely
overhauls
the
city's
traffic
regulations.
MERGING
ELECTRICS
LONDON,
March
29
W
Proposals
for
(bring
the
75
electrical
undertakings
around
London'
under
the
ownership
of
one
authority
have
been
approved
by
the
Joint
Electrical
Authority
for
the
Area.