9
t.ra
K2T
:
'
a
y
rx
3d
i
r.
the
more
difficult
'held
down
by
lack
of
men
and
'
'
revenues
were
'
'
be
benefitting
compar-i:Me
rrvrnurs
were,
however,
rd
several
directions.
t
I
n
r
wax
raura
I
mm
lO
m.
the
tax
on
Im-
it
:if
value
to
50
per
cent;
oi
ri'7
property
were
very
i
exceeding
expectation
tax
collr
tlons
exceeded
ce
making
a
new
high
Tic
".
.
u
reases
enabled
ads
!
nal
fire
depart-
ia
ncan
up
the
balance
He;::
:rt
Scheme
Loan
frt
a:.:dc
Sinking
fund
ra
nt
were
fullv
nrov
defl.
ty
balanced
its
budget.
A
ro
the
city
debentures
oiling
at
92
and
arc
now
a
rratlfylng
evidence
ie
city
is
once
more
fa-
ly
regarded
In
financial
ana
a
very
necessary
on
achieved
as
a
founda-
r
the
future.
it
from
these
purely
fl-
1
a:;pce
v
our
mayor'
and
1
fnr
1041
nf.f.Atrtrtl1fA
n
i
dra?
under
very
trying
.
....
.
.
i
lours
and
have
built
well
future
INDUSTRY
'lr.rr
continues
to
be
our
primary
Industry.
The
cross
poundage
of
fish
In
Prince
Hupert
and
iwru
oi
mc
nsnencs
ais-
ia.i
actually
slightly
lower
10
lisnermcn
rose
to
S7.-
a
new
high
figure
which
Halibut
landings,
both
Identical
In
weight
with
rcvlous
year,
but
the
aver-
nnrri
vnnm
nir
rtnimn
rom
h.uoc
to
17.dbc.
&s-
material.
Prices
for
timber
and
the
marketing
of
the
cut
were
closely
controlled
by
the
authorities.
For
agricultural
crops
it
was
a
fair
average
season
as
w
weather
and
production,
and
despite
shortage
of
help,
the
overall
volume
was
slightly
up.
With
an
even
larger
local
market,
the
quantity
.
reaching
Prince
Rupert
tends
to
fall.
"No
definite
statements
can
be
Issued
on
mining
production
DIES
ACROSS
THE
HARBOR
D'Arcy
Dawson,
an
elderly
tcsldent
ol
a
cabin
across
the
harbor
from
Seal
Cove,
passed
away
yesterday,
morning
at
his
home
a
few'
hours
before
he
was
to
be
taken
to
the
city
for
treatment
of
his
Illness.
He
was
believed
to
be
suffering
from
pneumonia.
The
day
before
yesterday
constables
of
the
British
Columbia
Police
marine
detachment
visited
Mr.
Dawson
whom
they
had
heard
was
sick.
Finding
him
ill
I
hey
offered
to
take
him
back
with
them
so
that
he
could
get
medical
treatment.
Dawson
told
them
that
he
was
not
prepared
to
go
at
that
time
but
If
they
would
come
and
get
him
the
following
day,
yesterday,
he
would
be
ready.
,
Although
higher
operating
rived
at
his
cabin
he
was
dead.
nnd
roA
rniWMnn
nf
tn.
Thp
late
Mr.
Dawson
was
saia
taxes
arc
Important,
.there
to
have
lived
In
the
community
niruimni
innr
inn
nn
iiniL
itii
arirmi
iiaidi
tiv
ivr
omlng
season
and
may
In-
was
a
lamer
Dy
iraac.
is
nui
With
prices,
both
Cana-
known
If
he
had
any
rciauvcs.
fluential
organizations
and
persons
in
connection
with
northern
highway
development
to
a
delegation
which
went
south
recently
to
visit
Vancouver.
Victoria.
Seattle
and
Spokane
in
furtherance
of
the
Hazelton-Telegraph
Creek
-
Whltehoree
route
for
a
British
Columbia
link
with
the
Alaska
Highway,
there
is
reason
to
believe
that
powerful
Interests
are
"
at
work
.
.
.
I
I
f
hint.
Ir.
Iria
I
hlV,
r.
report
on
the
mission
by
Walter
.nfM'
Wilson
of
Burns
Lake,
chief)
The
advocate
of
the
Hazelton
route
noithward.
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
Indulged
In
considerable
discussion
at
the
mater
and
decided
that
it
mutt
marshal
all
forces
possible
to
continue
the
fight
on
behalf
of
the
westerly
toute
It
was
left
to
the
incoming
menl
Cunlmued
on
Page
fur)
FIND
BODY
IN
CABIN
British
Columbia
Packers
Ltd
is
establishing,
itself
permanently
on
the
Prince
Rupert
waterfront
for
the
handling
of
all
types
of
fresh
and
frozen
fish.
Recently
the
company
acquired
the
Albert
&
Mc
Caffery
Ltd.
fuel,
lumber
and
building
materials
nronertv
and
now
it
has
commenced
demolition
of
all
the
structures
thereon
to
extremely
high
-
J
Vrjl"?"
7
""ir
.
,
TC."
handling
of
this
season's
if
savings,
have
riamu
air
11
gumjJVtw:
tut
iuuk
iwki
tiratiiig
a
tciigtii
was
given
an
in-'-
r
"
,;,
quota
in
the
ductlorf
on
the
Skeena.
The
nhmln&
caU:h
the
smallest
1
higher
one
ubscrlpUons
m
'or
quite
a
number
of
years.
eded
the
quota
warume
atnuniu
mr
viuunm
rrurslro.
There
'A
"ultd
In
a
further
large
...
.ponnc
to
every
Increase
in
those
varieties
sult-1-
for
charitable
bI
'or
this
specialty.
titles
and
sav-1
agkicultuki:.
both
In
i'h
fleurc.
Th
production
of
timber
in
ca.ie
in
nopula-
this
district
increased
12.7
per
rmetydous
vol-
cent
over
the
previous
year,
lion
and
other
This
increase
was
due
pracUj
w
a
further
over-
cally
enUrely
to
spruce
opera-
'
utilities
and
or-
lions
on
Uic
Queen
Charlotte
T"
rayor
and
coun-
Islaads.
The
total
value
of
the
January,
faced,
cut
was
about
4,6O0
,000,
a
de
x
t-
best
and
onoicided
increase
in
value
apari
.blv
JWfletilt'br
thM.'rum
'he
Increased
cut.
Produc
r
art.
Thlr
nrob-lUon
other
than
spruce
was
pre
paratory
to
the
erection
of
an
up-to-date
95
by
00
foot
two-storey
fish
handling
plant
of
frame
construction.
John
Cur-rle
St
Sons,
.local
contractors.
as
well
as
completely
renewing
the
dock
by
replling
and
re-decking:.
The
new
fish
handling
plant
is
due
to
be
ready
by
.
u,
.v..
April
15
In
good
Ume
for
the
not
utuiuuK
u
una
,
...
.
,.,
buil-
demolition
will
remove
m.uau
vv.uH.u-
.j
brrntd
for
ihlpmentto
Vahcou-
thc
marine
patrol
crossed
the
harbor
this
morning
to
Investl-,
the
Uie
Kate
a
report
.of
death
oi
Sn
unidentified
man
whose
body
was
found
in
a
cabin
not
far
from
the
place
where
D'Arcy
Dawson
died
yesterday
morning.
Word
of
the
man's
death
was
.
.
t
SI
who
resides
In
that
who
discovered
the
body
when
he
visited
the
cabin
where
the
unidentified
man
lived.
Fabro
said
that
he
knew
the
man
only
as
"Frank."
He
said
that
from
the
appearance
of
the
body.
in
mc
area
u..uir
w.w...c
,v-
.
.
.
d
d
f
.
strlcUons.
It
would
appear
Uiat
u
thi
riirLallmpnt
of
cold
nroduc
Inn
U
norhntvs
more
than
coun-!
ter-balanced
by
the
Increase
in
strategic
materials.
In
some
of
which,
developments
have
really
been
Important.
Coal
producUon
Increased
somewhat
with
indications
of
a
further
expansion."
A
vote
of
thanks
was
tendered
Mr.
Winslow
for
his
report.
Ume,
perhaps
a
week.
Were
Guilty
Of
Contributing
William
Ewart
Maxwell
pleaded
guilty
In
pohec
courk
terday
afternoon
to
a
charge
of
contributing
to
Juvenile
delinquency,
and
was
fined
$300
with
an
option
of
one
year
In
Jail
by
Magistrate
W.
D.
Vance.
On
a
similar,
.charge.
Sulo
Oscar
Sylvesti
w-as
found
guilty,
and
was
fined
$200
with
an
option
of
nine
months
In
Jail.
Both
charges
involved
a
14-ycar-old
native
girl.
Bruce
Brown
acted
for
the
defence
In
both
cases.
WARNING
OF
POOR
SHIPS
United
St.tes
Maritime
mission
Gives
Evidence
In
Connection
with
Liberty
Ships.
b.
SKATTLE,
Jan.
14
tP-Robert
Day.
United
States
Maritime
Commission
Inspector,
testifying
at
the
Senate
Truman
committee
hearing
Into
the
cracking
as
reported
of
fourteen
Liberty
ships
at
sea,
charged
that
both
his
superiors
and
The
subject
being
brought
up
by
J.
E.
noddle,
who
said
that
road
conditions
in
the
city
were
steadily
becoming
worse,
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
last
night
resolved
to
ad
vise
the
city
council
thaHt
was
Drougni
in
Dy
a.mne
rau.o.
nrpnarK,
t
st-nd
uh
th.
area
and
.
,,
council
In
representations
that
would
be
made
seeking
federal
aid
towards
rehabilitation
of
streets
and
local
facllIUes.
O
W.
Nlckerson
Joined
with
Mr.
Boddie
In
expressing
indignation
at
the
present
state
of
af
!
fairs.
ber
readily
concurred
with
the
Com-1
idea
and
agreed
that
It
was
a
matter
which
should
be
given
Immediate
and
energetic
attention
by
incoming
president
and
executive.
Soon
after
the
conclusion
of
hostilities,
said
Mr.
Kenney,
it
was
to
be
expected
that
a
new
flow
of
trade
and
commerce
would
commence,
a
flow
that
would
go
through
places
that
were
prepared
to
handle
It.
Tills
district
had
the
assets
the
Oregon
Shipbuilding
Corp-
aI1d
the
port
had
'the
facilities
oration,
Ignored
his
warning,
but
tnere
was
an
inclination
to
of
"tremendous
stresses"
locked
nlde
the
light
behind
a
bushel
Into
the
ships
and
a
senior
In-
ftnd
to
surfer
from
an
,nferlorlty
told
him
to
"for-
sper
or
once
(
complpx
e
wt
tnat
tnfrp
B.""
,
.
.
.
would
be
an
opportunity
to
es-
The
hearing
will
be
icsumed
.
WUh
5h,ppln7contact
with
late
in
February,
,
MOSQUITOES
STING
REICH
have
the
Job
of
demolition
and
will
also
erect
the
new
building
British
Typhoons
Over
Northern
ocal
Temperature
Local
Tides
Saturday,
Jan.
15
mm
High,
-a.
4:26
19.1
eet
w
.
laxlmum
-
;
,
J4:13
18.5
leet
rinlmum
38
Low
10:27
8.2
feet
22:45
i2
feet
NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBI
XXIII
no.
II
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
FRIDAY,
JANUARY
14,
1944
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
wcntv
Big
Nazi'
Cities
Crippled
14
r'
i
ear
lyaj
Brougm
dusiivvv
This
Citv
to
New
Levels,
nd
hps
Arp
Under
Review
ir
city
has,
in
the
past
year,
had
an
experience
rc-e-jrn'.ed
activity
not
likely
to
be
surpassed,"
!C
annua!
presidential
report
of
R.
M.
Winslow
incclmtr
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
cav
last
night.
"Allied
military
activities,
nr.
they
were
the
previous
year,
rose
to
a
new
dimmer.
To
say
business
biuincM
j.ry
in-
t
new
high
U
to
a
(i
r&ic
picture.
How-put
It
on
record
'
;e
transportation
ps:
nncr
motement.
i
d
express
handled,
i
t.
:d
telephone
business
irpassed
even
the
pre-
-
'ail
business,
despite.
shortages,
did
Uke-
r
rollectlona
reflect
Wages
paid
out
in
dlan
and
American;
under
gov
ernmcnt
regulation,
there
Is
no
longer
a
free
market
for
hall
but
and,
consequently,
the
dis
tribution
of
the
catch
as
be
tween
the
different
ports
de
pends
on
how
government
regU'
lations
work
out
for
the
fisher
men.
"While
the
production
of
sa!
mon
was
almost
exactly
the
same
for
the
entire
district
as
In
the
previous
year,
it
required
"HIGHWAY
FIG
I
IT"
Delegation
Reports
On
Road
Trip
Opposition
to
Hazclton
Route
I
Found
and
Must
be
While
an
encouraging
recep
tion
was
given
and
sympathetic
consideration
promised
by
in
Establishing
Here
British
Columbia
Packers
Building
New
Fish
Plant
Demolition
of
Albert
&
McCaffery
Plant
Now
Under
Way
to
Make
Way
for
Large
Building
Fuel
and
Lumlwr
Yard
Moving.
France
Still
Counting
Hie
Fijhl
Score.
LONDON.
Jan.
14
Royal
Air
Force
Mosquitoes
bombed
Western
Germany
last
night,
it
was
announced
today
as
United
States
intelligence
officers
nmrlrftH
in
pfimnll
a
final
fit.
the
old
Albert
&
McCaffery
of-,
.
,v
flee
building
and
sheds
and
the
I
n...
fu'o'f
P
I
"w
knou-n
to
have
cost
Lumber
Co.
which
m
the
Big
Bay
j,
,M
UgMcn
and
Mr.
been
landmarks
on
have
long
damaged
three
enem?
the
Prince
Rupert
waterfront.
jt
factoriea.
!
The
Albert
it
McCaffery
fuel!
The
Air
Ministry
also
an-
and
building
material
establish-
nounced
that
Royal
Air
Force
i.
hin
mnvrrf
to
the
TVohoons
ana
iteniers
snoi
Trotier
dock
on
the
Edward
Up-
down
eight
enemy
planes
?es
sett
waterfront
property.
.
terday
during
patrols
over
Nor
thern
France.
One
Typhoon
was
u.u.
i-acxers
wui
noi
receive
l0Jt
,n
lhu
ciams
ai
rnnce
rtuperi.
as
large
atrja,
was
previously
stated,
but
these
will
on
,hf
French
invasion
be
hanaied
ai
me
company
s
,
Port
Edward
plant
where
they
1
.
....
a'
I
t
a
win.
be
ftnucKca.
nan
cmho
ana
i
v
Irv
r
p
lUAiuur
AMBULANCE
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce
Votes
sum
of
$250
Street
Conditions
Taken
Up.
The
Junior
section
of
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
In
tegular
monthly
meeting
last
night,
decided
to
vote
the
sum
of
$250
from
a
residue
of
Port
Day
Proceeds,
which
has
been
on
hand
for
Continued
on
Pag
Two
BULLETINS;Forty
Percent
of
German
ELIMUVI-
RACKETEERING
VICTOiiiA
Liquor
Commissioner
V7.
F.
Kennedy
announces
yesterday
that,
in
an
attempt
to
eliminate
racketeering
ik
jiquor
permits,
he
hat
fv&si
Instiuctions
to
institute
proceedings
against
ten
men
throuchout
the
prov-r
Ince
found
with
two
or
more
liquor
permits
and
registration
cards.
ICKES-JONES
HURT
WASHINGTON
Secretary
of
tht
interior
Harold
Icke
appeared
In
the
House
today
with
rm
in
a
sling,
ex-nlalni'W
that
he
had
broken
his
coQtfbone
In
a
fall
in
his
home.
Se.v':0ry
of
Commerce
Jesse
Jone
is
hme
with
a
factured.leg
as
&
result
of
an
automate
accident.
lWSSf
JS
BLASTED
ALfc?'3t'j
II
was
announced
today
that
United
States
Flying
Fortresses
had
blasted
two
Xiwi
air
fields
in
the
sub
urbs
of
Rome,
doing
great
damage.
TWO
CITIES
ARI1MEN
Red
Army
JttSlI
Sweeping
For
ward
In
Voland
and
Towards
RMW:M
MCOW.'Jan.
14
0
Two
of
the
Spain
Nazi
supply
cities
In
Whl
Russia
have
been
cap
tured
by
the
Red
Army.
Premier
Jost-fti
Stalin
announced
In
special
order
of
-the
day-today-
The
Russians
repulsed
Oerrjan
counter-attacks
on
the
rvfc
;
to
Rumania
Thursday
the
land
to
an
eighty
mile
front.
of
resources
of
this
part
of
the
country.
The
Interior
country
would
be
particularly
interested
m
disposing
of
timber
products.
Prince
Rupert
might
be
espec
ially
interested
in
the
shipping
of
fish.
Then
there
was
also
grain.
With
an
anticipated
slackening
up
In
ship
construction,
now
was
the
time,
Mr.
Kenney
suggested,
that
a
move
shou!d
be
made
to
get
a
new
service
with
a
specially
constructed
type
of
ship
for
the
handling
of
fish,
grain
and
timber
products.
To
handle
fish
he
wouli
suggest
that
the
ships
should
be
fairly
speedy
and
that
they
Leading
Aircraftsman
Peter
Brajs
left
by
last
evening's
train
on
his
return
to
his
duties
with
the
Royal
Canadian
Air
Fore,
at
Dauphin,
anr!
Mrs,
William
Brass.
Should
Cet
Husy
;
"
Suca
ports
as
Ocean
Fall
Powell
SKEENA
MEMBER
PRESENTS
SUGGESTION!,
port
Mice
and
Port
ai-TO
CHAMBER
OF
COMMERCE
FOR
MAR-
ftSS
bv
way
of
the
:
KETING
ABROAD
OF
NORTHERN
TIMBER
AND
FISHERY
PRODUCTS
WITH
GRAIN.
Now
is
the
time
that
Prince
Rupert
should
be
interesting
itself
actively
in
the
establishing
for
this
lort
of
a
steamship
service
for
the
handling
of
timber,
grain
and
fisheries
products
abroad
in
the
days
following
the
war
when
a
great
expansion
mav
be
expected
in
the
flow
of
trade
and
commerce,
h.
T.
Kenney,
Ml.
.A.
for
Skeena,
sug-
1
gested
to
the
Prince
Rupert
the
United
Kingdom
and
Asiatic
rimmber
of
Commerce
at
Its
counincs
lo
me
aavaniage
meeting
last
night.
The
Cham
Panama
Canal
and
est
Indies
tc
tue
old
Country.
Returning
UMISL't
tnd
St
John
might
be
prts
tf
'all
for
cargos
of
freight
dircv
t;
Prince
uuperi.
a
suo-sldy
V,::1!
oi
course,
be
desirable
for
suca
a
line.
Mr.
Keuney.
continuing,
re-
Fighter
Production
Has
Been
Knocked
Out
WA&HINGTON,
D.C.,
Jan.
14
(CP)
Air
Marshal
Sir
Richard
Hallam
Peck
of
the
Royal
Air
Force
reported
yesterday
that
twenty
of
Germany's
biggest
industrial
cities
have
been
crippled
for
a
long
period
by
Allied
air
offensive
arid
about
fifty
more
centres
are
well
on
the
way
to
destruction.
The
Allied
,alr,
assault
has
knocked
out
an
Makes
Report
On
Conference
R.
M.
Winslow
reported
t')
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce,
at
Its
meeting
last
night,
on
his
recent
attendance
at
an
Alberta-British
Columbia
conference
held
In
Vancouver
at
which
three
principal
moves
were
made
fb'.
to
form
a
British
Columbia
Division
of
Can-
anadlan
Chamber
of
Commerce;
second,
to
form
a
Pacific
North
west
Trade
Association,
which
had
already
come
into
being.
and,
third,
to
create
a
British
Columbia
-
Ab.ertft
interproviu-cial
Board
of
Trade
organiza
tion.
The
movement
alms,
among
other
things,
to
rtmove
govern
ment
regulations
against
inter-
provinclai
trade
and
to
deal
with
such
matters
as
licensing,'
communication,
transportation
and
freight
rate
matters.
Western
outlet
to
the
Peace
River
was
also
taken
up
at
the
Vancouver
meeting
and
a
well-
tplanrted
and
delivered
case
wa$
presented
by
a
Peace
Rtver
delegate.
The
Pe.w
River
was
well
represented.
However,
the
for
the
second
straight
day
in
proposal
was
Cut
the
evpendi-what
Is
perhaps
one
of
the
de-
ture
would
be
borne
by
British
clsivr
battles
of
the
winter,
kill-
Columbia
alone.
lng
three
thousand
Germans,
while
other
Russians
extended
A;
'
WJM(.
the
salient
Into
pre-war
Po-.rMI
1
UlUC
IT
lllo
Basketball
Game
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
de-
Manitoba,
feated
Navy
b.-
a
score
of
45
several
years,
to
the
ambulance
ntnt
a
two
weeks'
visit
here
on
45
to
31
in
a
hard
fought
basket
lund.
other
organizations
hfcb
.
f
w
laugh
with
his
parents,
Mr.
Dau
game
Hall
last
nlstit.
Um
the
Naval
Drill
PUSH
THRU
APPENINES
ALGIERS,
jan.
14
O
French
forces
pushed
through
Italy's
ragged
Appenlnes
fc
a
two-mile
pain
from
the
east
and
the
Americans
advanced
slightly
from
the
south
yesterday
in
an
ferred.
to
a
fifty
billion
foot
encircling
assault
on
natural
stand
CI
timber
in
the
interior.
'
and
artificial
defences
of
Cas
flltyen
b'lUon
feet
of
which
was
hemlof
fe
Already
Alaskan
Interests
tnre
moving
to
establish
a
mlii
5t
New
Westminster
for
the
catting
of
their
hemlock
for
shipment
to
the
Old
Country.
Now
was
the
time
to
act
in
this
matter
and
he
believed
the
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commerce
was
the
proper
place
in
which
to
start
the
movement.
SlHiGKSTION
ArrRovrn
O-
Vi
Nlckerson
felt
that
''we
owe
a
debt
of
gratitude"
to
Mr.
I
Kenney
for
bringing
this
idea
I
to
the
attention
of
the
Cham
ber.
He
hoped
the
Idea
would
sino.
Allied
headquarters
an
nounced
tpay.
The
Amsrlcan
repulsed
a
heavy
German
counter-attack
on
cervsro
abcut
midnight
Wednesday,
then
consolidated
their
gains
and
threatened
Nazi
control
on
the
northern
slopes
of
Mount
.Tmcchlo,
Just
south
of
the
Rome
road
and
less
than
three
miles
from
Cassino.
Only
patrol
activity
Is
reported
by
the
Eighth
Army.
faster
than
the
ten-knot
freight
ers
which
had
been
built.
R.
M.
Winslow
Observed
that
this
idea
of
transoceanic
trade
estimated
forty
per
cent
of
Ger
many's
planned
fighter
produc
tion
in
the
latter
part
of
1943.
WILL
MAN
CARRIERS
Canadians
to
Go
on
Duty
With
Imperial
Vessels
High
.
Staff
Changes.
OTTAWA,
Jan.
11
(CP)
Minister
of
the
Navy
Angus
Macdonald
told
a
press
conference
today
that
the
Canadian
Navy
will
man
two
British
Navy
escort
aircraft
carriers
some
time
in
the
next
few
months
with
the
carriers
remaining
units
of
the
Royal
Navy.
Two
new
medium-siied
cruisers
from
the
Royal
Navy
will
be
added
to
the
Canadian
Navy,
Sir.
Macdonald
also
announced.
Mr.
Macdonald
also
announced
that
Vice-Admiral
Percy
W.
NeUes
will
go
to
London
as
senior
Canadian
Hag
officer
and
will
be
succeeded
as.
chlef.
Canadian
navalstaff
by
Rear
Admiral
-George
C.
Jones,
former
vice-chief.
The
presence
of
Admiral
Nelles.
Air
Marshal
Breadner
and
Lieut.
General
Stuart
in
Britain
"is
a
sign
that
we
mean
business
over
there,"
Mr.
Macdonald
suggested.
This
would
probably
mean
that
Canadian
naval
forces
are
also
to
take
an
active
part
In
connection
with
the
forthcoming
invasion.
Hockey
Scores
Montreal
2,
Detroit
2.
Chicago
5,
New
York
2.
Establishment
of
Shipping
Line
Here
Urged
TRANSFER
OF
SCHOOL
TAX
Chamber
of
Commerce
Concurs
With
Idea
That
it
Be
Removed
From
Land.
The
Prince
Rupert
Chamber
of
Commeice,
at
its
meeting
last
night,
endorsed
a
resolution
from
the
Union
of
British
Columbia
Municipalities
urging
that
a
change
be
made
whereby
no
part
of
the
cost
of
education
should
be
charged
to
the
land
but
that
education
costs
should
be
taken
care
of
out
of
consolidated
revenue
of
the
province.
Ex-Mayor
W.
At
Watts,
stating
that
the
city
cooncil
had
alrcsidy
approved
of
this
proposed
change,
moved
that
the
Chamber
go
on
record
as
favoring
It.
This
was
seconded
by
Frank
Skinner
and
carried.
Later,
In
commenting
on
this
subject,
E.
T.
Keney.
M.
L.
A.
for
Skeena,
who
was
in
attendance
at
the
meeting,
Inquired
be
embodied
In
the
proposals
of
was
alon
the
very
lines
which
tf
there
were
any
Ideas
as
to
the
Postwar
Rehabilitation
,
naa
iea
w
me
original
Toncep-Councll
of
which
Mr.
Kenney
Uon
of
the
port
or
Prince
Ru-was
a
member.
The
north
coun-,
pert
as
the
terminus
-
of
the
try
would
never
be
developed
orana
Trun
racmc
itauway.
have
a
refrigerator
capacity
or
unU1
tnere
was
a
propor
outlet.
!
On
motion
or
Arnold
Flatcn
at
least
150
tons.
With
Prince
(
As
for
snlpSi
Mr
Nlckerson
the
matter
was
lett
to
the
In-Rupert
as
the
northern
termln-
u
would
be.
necessary
to
coming
president
for
Immediate
al
such1
a
line
might
Include
have
tor
postwar
trade
vessels
t
attention.
how
the
necessary
money
would
be
made
up
tr
school
taxation-was
removed
from
the
land.
"It
would
be
fine."
he
rcmatk-ed
"If
you
would
oHer
a
suggestion
as
to
where
the
rive
or
six
million
dollars
would
come
from.
jr.
'