NORTHER
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Veather
Forecast
Local
Tides
Fresh
northwesterly
wlndi,
decreasing
tonight
jradually
Thursday,
November
1,
1945
cloudy
with
showers
today
Mostly
High
,
11:20
19.9
feet
becoming
partly
cloudy
Thursday.
Cloudy
In
.the
23:43
18.9
feet
early
Lower
temperatures.
Published
at
Canada's
M
ost
Strategic
Pacific
Port
Low
5:09
6.6
feet
jtrcnins
17:46
6.4
feet
VOL.
XXXIV.
252.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER
31,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
m
V.
RITIShOMMANDER
IS
MURDERED
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Oct.
31
0
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for
40-hour
five-day
j
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it
was
learned
today.
Com
:
pay
:.y
proposals
do
not
meet
the
unlon
demands
but
union,
;cialj
took
the
offer
under
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conference
early
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lung
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said
an
attempt
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be
made
to
reach
an,
tcmcnt
on
union
demands
for
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31
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In
a
news
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mini
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Sfrvicemen
and
Women
Sufffred
lor
C.C.F.
Tendencies
a
"
Says
Abbott
Replies
OTTAWA,
Oct.
31
ffi
Leader
'dwell
charged
yesterday
that
e
army
discriminates
against
'.cmen
and
women
with
CF-
tendencies.
He
cited
as
1
example
to
the
House
of
minions
the
case
of
CaDtaln
-
MiBua.
liii!
sun
nr
a
n.
aP.
a
former
member
of
the
of
Commons.
Mr.
Cold-
"
said
that
Cantain
HeaDS.
a
;ecn's
graduate,
started
In
the
-
a
pnvaie
ana
tnen
won
'second
lieutennnrv.
Tfp
was
Camp
Borden
to
train
Jt
Ms
struck
off
strencth
on
P
fttm.
J
wuuui
ne
was
incompetent
uincer.
nan
rnrt
pal
trn-
tnploo
.
.
ana
incited
disorders
b
uic
men.
Mr'
Colda-ell
f
Ildn
nrt
nf
T3rtt
"n
in
Jl
"i
uiscussions
on
nost-war
-vufc
iiiissini
iiriAQ
np
-fo
was
SPnf
tr
A
n0fc
inf
ua
Scotia,
to
train
for
his
wmancy
and
told
to
keep
?l
generally
quiet.
He
did
Braduate
from
Aldershot
be-
ins
he
was
found
too
quiet,
ne
went
overseas
as
an
'"cor
ann
.,.
.
.
7
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naa
Hw-acnca
to
me
lL,n
Armv.
tr
H"ti
nnH
.
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was
awarnpa
ine
,
cross.
After
he
retum-
,euiL.
n.ada
hc
was
reduced
to
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.
.
nini...
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ADDott
saia
.
opinion
shnnM
lint,
hn
W
ur
alscrimlnatlon
but
members
of
the
profession
-a
Mm
5.
0uld
not
Participate
WAGE
CEILING
BEING
LIFTED
Important
Announcement
by
President
of
United
States
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
Oct.
31
President
Harry
Truman,
In
an
Important
announcement
last
night,
said
that
employers
In
United
States
may
Increase
wages
within
the
existing
price
structure.
Rates
of
wages
may
Increased
to
correct
malarf-
justmcnts
or
Inequalities.
1
1
'
V.
!
1
I
.L.
t
t
vvnue
cAuicssuis
me
opinion
that
industry
could
afford
to
higher
wages
within
the
present
price
structure,
the
pres-
ident
warned
labor
of
Its
stern
responsibility
to
see
that
de-
1
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PM.SHS
WITH
itritAUiiiiuie.
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lome
lilt
By
Storm
.Maruai
Law
ueeurfa
AS
Fierce
Temnest
Lashes
Far
North
Alaskan
Tort
SUN
SHINING
XODAY
NOME,
Oct.
31
The
big
storm
Is
over
today
and
the
sun
is
shining,
probably
for
the
last
time
before
the
long
winter
sets
in.
Damage
is
esti
mated
at
$1,000,000.
NOMEs
Alaska.
Oct.
3
0
Military
police
are
standing
guard
over
buildings
which
con
tain
all
winter
supplies
for
this
storm-buffeted
far
northern
AU
aska
'town,
-;v
jJ-
Martial
law
was
declared
after
gale-whipped
waves
undermined
structures
along
the
waterfront
and
piled
water
a
foot
deep
on
Nome's
main
street.
Winds
swept
down
Bering
Straits
at
SO
to
80
miles
an
hour,
levelled
the
village
of
Unalak-lect,
whipped
across
Nome
and
moved
southward.
Here
After
Eight
Years
In
Arctic
Having
spent
me
past
eight
years
on
the
Arctic
Ocean
beaches
working
among
the
Eskimos
from
headquarters
at
Coppermine,
30-year-old
Father
Raymond
Coccola
has
arrived
In
the
city
from
the
Far
North
and
a
guest
at
the
Priests'
Residence
here.
Tomorrow
night
he
will
sail
on
the
Prince
Rupert
for
Powell
River
to
visit
with
a
brother,
Jean
Coccola,
before
proceeding
to
his
home
In
Paris.
Father
Coccola,
a
native
of
Corsla,
Is
a
nephew
of
the
late
Father
Nicholas
Coccola,
one
of
the
best
known
of
pioneer
priests
In
this
area.
NEW
SKIING
CLUB
FORMED
Mount
Blain
Organization
Comes
Into
Being
Venue
in
Vicinity
of
Rainbow
Lake
A
dozen
or
so
enthusiasts
of
the
skiing
sport
got
together
last
night
at
the
home
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
L.
C.
Eby,
Fourth
Avenue
East,
and
organized
a
new
club
to
be
known
as
the
Mount
Blain
Ski
Club.
The
venue
of
the
club's
.activities,
will
be
Mount
Blain
beyond
Prudhomme
Lake
and
near
Rainbow
Lake
where
there
arc
splendid
natural
runs
and
where
the
Initial
cabin
is
almost
completed.
In
due
course,
there
will
be
further
development.
The
officers
are:
President,
Duncan
McRae.
Vice-President,
Ingver
Morse.
Secretary-Treasurer,
Bud
Tim-mermeistcr.
There
arc
three
honorary
members
in
the
persons
of
Leon
Blain,
Thco
Fortune
and
A.
W.
Allaire,
all
Dlonecrs
of
the
moun
tain
trails
In
the
area
of
the
new
club's
activities.
Call
for
CIVIC
VOTERS'
LIST
The
Voters'
List
for
the
December
Civic
Election
closes
tonight,
so
If
you
have
not
done
so
already,
Agister
at
the
City
Hall
today,
without
falL
A
It
n
1?
.
i
i
r
n
i
1;
c
a
1
T
V
V
A
M
T
Y
MIDGET
SUBS
CAUSED
PLENTY
OF
TROUBLE
FOR
JAPS
New
pictures,
Just
released,
tell
the
story
of
the
part
played
by
Britain's
midget
submarines
in
the
British
navy's
war
against
Japan.
The
subs,
varying
In
length
from
30
to
50
feet,
with
crews
of
three
to
four,
unable
to
travel
more
than
10
to
12
feet
below
the
surface,
they
arrived
In
far
eastern
waters
with
an
enviable
European
war
record
that
Included
,the
.striking
and
crippling;
of
the
German
battleship
Tirpltz
(later
sunk
by
the
R.A.F.).
Here
Is
a
Royal
Navy
midget
submarine
at
full
speed
In
Sydney
Harbor,
Australia,
base
of
tho
British
Pacific
fleet.
Loan
Is
Growing
rerrcnlage
of
83
Has
Now
Been
Readied
Is
Well
Ahead
Of
Last
Campaign
The
Ninth
Victory
Loan
campaign
In
Prince
Rupert
continues
to
outstrip
the
record
made
in
the
Eighth
Loan
last
May.
Up
to
last
night
the
cumulative
total,
taking
into
account
yesterday's
subscriptions
of
$52,150,
was
$582,000
compared
with
$515,050
at
the
corresponding
period
in
the
last
loan.
The
percentage
on
quota
so
far
is
83.
Further
subscriptions
to
be
announced
are
as
follows:
Mrs.
Elizabeth
McDonald
..
$700
A.
W.
Lipsln
1000
Miss
Verna
M.
Edgar
100
Mrs.
Anne
Murray
100
TODAY'S
STOCKS
(Courtesy
of
S.
D.
Johnston)
VANCOUVER
Bralome
n.OO
B.
C.
Con
15!
2
3.
R.
X.
IS
Cariboo
Quartz
2.70
Dentonia
17
Vz
Grull
Whiksne
19Vi
Hedley
Mascot
1.27
Minto
-07
Pend
Oreille
2.05
Pioneer
6.50
Premier
Border
08"2
Premier
Gold
1-80
Privateer
68
Reeves
McDonald
52
Reno
-07
',i
Salmon
Gold
18
I
Sheep
Creek
1.72
t
Taylor
Bridge
82
Whitewater
03
Vananda
-51
Congress
:
10
Pacific
Eastern
03
Hedley
Amalgamated
....
.06e
Taylor
Windfall
05
Oils
A.P.Con.
14
Calmont
30
C.
&
E.
1.85
Foothills
125
Home
4'!5
TORONTO
Beattle
1-30
Buffalo
Canadian
41
Cons.
Smelters
70.00
Giant
Yellowknlfe
7.45
Hardrock
:
82
Kerr
Addison
15.50
Little
Long
Lac
1.98
Madsen
Red
Lake
3.05
Macleod
Cockshutt
3.10
Donalda
..
1.37
Moneta
69
Pickle
Crow
4.15
Jollet
Quebec-
65
San
Antonio
5.60
Sherritt
Gordon
.74
Steep
Rock
2.14
Senator
Rouyn
1.19
Homer
.42
Jacknlfe
47
SCUTrLE
.JAr.
FLEET'
1
'"WASHIljlGTON
Secretary
Of
stale
james
r.
iiyrncs
announced
today
that
all
remnants
of
Ihe
Japanese
fleet,
except
38
destioyers,
which
will
be
divided
among
the
Allies,
are
to
be
scuttled.
Disposal
of
the
Japanese
merchant
fleet
is
not
yet
decided
upon.
IIIKOIIITO
S
FORTUNE
TOKYO
Emperor
Hirohito's
fortune
is
to
be
used
in
payments
of
Japanese
reparations
to
the
Allies.
CHIANG
CHARGED
CHUNGKING
Communist
leaders
charge
Generalissimo
Chiang
Kai-Shek
with
plotting
civil
war
in
China.
DOMEI
.CLOSES
DOWN
TOKYO
The
Japanese
news
agency,
Dome!,
was
clos'cd
down
finally
today
at
the
order
of
General
Douglas
MacArthur.
TO
SAIL
ON
MARY
LONDON
It
is
expected
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
will
leave
Sunday
from
Southampton
on
the
Queen
Mary
for
Canada.
It
is
not
known
whether
Prime
Minister
Attlee
will
leave
on
the
same
ship.
LIFT
SUIT
RESTRICTIONS
OTTAWA
All
"restrictions
on
production
of
men's
woollen
underwear
and
outerwear
are
lifted.
This
includes
double
breasted
and
dress
suits.
V.
C.
.WALKS
AGAIN
TORONTO
Victoria
Cross
winner
Major
Fred
Tilslon
of
Toronto
and
Windsor,
Ontario,
is
walking
again.
His
legs
had
been
shot
off
during
action
in
Germany
which,
won
him
the
Victoria
Cross.
Major
Tilston
says
that
although
he
can
get
around
on
new
artificial
legs
being
fitted
at
Toronto's
Christie
Street
Hospital,
he
is
not
any
Joo
sure
about
them
as
yet.
Famous
Suspension
Bridge
Purchased
NORTH
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
31
0
The
Capllano
suspension
bright,
one
of
the
best
known
tourist
attractions
on
the
coast,
has
been
sold
for
$125,000
to
Henry,
Aubeneau,
of
Vancouver
by
A.
D.
Mecheran
of
North
Vancouver.
TIMBER
STRIKE
ENDING
SEATTLE
There
are
signs
of
an
early
ending
of
the
six
weeks,'
strike
In
the
Pacific
Northwest
timber
Industry,
CALLED
TO
ACCOUNT
lumu
ri)iaii3
uig
.11111113-
Irial
families
have
an
accounting:
to
render
to
General
Mac-Arthur.
The
Supreme
Allied
Commander
hag
ordered
the
families
to
discloe
their
financial
and
manufacturing
records
for
the
war
years
1935
to
1941.
Trie
15
families
named
in
the
order
have
45
days
to
obey
the
directions.
OPPOSES
WATERWAY
NEW
YORK
The
executive
council
of
the
New
York
State
Chamber
of
Commerce
has
made
public
a
report
urging
the
American
Congress
to
reject
the
proposed
St.
Lawrence
Waterway
and
power
project,
The
committee
contends
that
construction
cf
the
proposed
undertaking
would
be
injurious
shipping,
coal
mines,
public
utilities
and
other
private
enterprises.
PENICILLIN
TO
POLAND
'OTTAWA
Air
Minister
Gibson
announces
that
an
urgent
call
from
Poland
for
penicillin
has
been
answered
by
Canada.
Colonel
Gibson
disclosed
that
the
R.CJV.F.
already
is
engaged
in
flying
quantities
of
the
life-saving
drug
to
Scotland
and
thence
to
Warsaw.
SPANISH
MONARCHY
.N'fW
YORK
The
Swiss
radio
says
that
General
Franco
of
Spain
has
reached
an
argee-ment
with
the
Pretender
to
the
Spanish
throne,
Prince
Juan.
The
Berne
broadcast
says
Franco
has
agreed
to
submit
to
popular
referendum
the
question
of
restoring
the
monarchy
in
Spain.
There
were
no
details
given
in
the
Swiss
broadcast
which
has
not
been
confirmed.
SCIIUSCIINiGG
WITNESS
ROME
Former
Chancellor
Kurt
von
Schuschnlgg
of
Aus-
j
trla
has
left
here
to
take
part
i
as
a
witness
in
war
crimes
dials
against
Nazi
leaders.
Returning
Airmen
To
This
District
Royal
Canadian
Air
Force
per
sonnel
returning
to
the
district
fronl
overseas
to
land
at
Halifax
recently
aboard
the
He
de
France
Included
L.A.C.
w.
S.
Stevens
of
Prince
Rupert
and
Wing
Com-manger
F.
J.
Roberts
of
Vander-hoof.
TEMPERATURES
Maximum
40
Minimum
31
TWO
YEARS
AND
PADDLING
ALSO
Seaman
Bandit
to
Be
Whipped
For
Slugging
and
Robbing
Woman
Taxi
Driver
BURNABY,
Oct.
31
W
Able
Seaman
George
Reginald
Banker,
aged
19,
pf
Winnipeg,
was
sentenced
to
two
years
In
peni
tentiary
and
five
strokes
of
the
paddle
by
Magistrate
George
Grant
In
police
court
yesterday.
He
had
been
convicted
several
weeks
ago
on
a
charge
of
robbery
with
violence
In
connection
with
the
slugging
and
robbing
on
October
4
of
Mrs.
Eileen
Spackman,
a
laxl
driver.
NEW
VOTERS
ARE
LISTED
Expected
That
100
More
Will
Be
Added
to
City
List
Prince
Rupert
civic
voters'
list
had
96
new
names
added
to
it
up
to
10
o'clock
this
morning
and
the
exoectatlon
was
ex
pressed
at
the
City
Hall
that
the
total
of
new
names
would
reach
100
before
the
registry
period
closed
at
5
o'clock
tonight.
Of
the
new
registrants,
20
were
women
and
78
were
men.
All
were
either
householders
or.
In
the
case
of
the
women,
per?
sons
who
had
paid
a
minimum
of
$2
to
the
city
during
the
year
In
addition
to
other
ordinary
qualifications.
Property
owners
are
placed
on.
the
voters'
list
automatically
and,
need
not
reg-
Last
year's
volers'
list
con
tained
2.037
names
,and
until
it
Is
revised
for
this
year's
voting
the
net
Increase
in
the
number
cf
voters
will
not
be
known.
However,
an
Increase
Is
expected.
The
revision
Is
expected
to
place
a
substantial
number
of
newly
registered
property
owners
on
the
list.
The
court
of
revision
will
sit
on
November
15.
Nomination
day
Is
December
10,
and
election
day
December
13.
Repatriates
At
Macaulay
Camp
Are
Free
Again
VICTORIA,
Oct.
"31
ft
Eleven
hundred
British
repatriates,
waiting
to
continue
their
Journey
homeward
after
having
arrived
from
Japanese
prisoner
qf
war
camps,
are
able
to
move
freely
again
from
Macaulay
Camp
which
had
been
placed
under
a
Drief
quarantine
for
health
reasons
Monday.
Officials
at
first
refused
to
comment
but,
when
the
"confined
to
barracks"
order
was
lifted,
they
revealed
that
a
final
medical
report
indicated
that
what
was
at
first
believed
to
be
a
smallpox
case
was
negative.
NO
END
TO
CIVIL
WAR
Deadlock
As
War
Between
Chinese
Comunists
and
Nationalists
Continues
REDS
ATTACKING
CHUNGKING,
Oct.
31
V
General
Yen,
governor
of
Shcnsi
province,
charged
today
that
100,000
Chinese
communist
troops
arc
attacking
the
important
rail
junction
city
of
Tatung
In
northern
Shansl.
The
Nationalist
Shansi
governor
claimed
he
had
received
reports
that
"unidentified
aircraft
have
been
ianding
behind
communist
lines"
but
he
refused
to
elaborate.
CHUNGKING,
Oct.
31
Both
sides
admit
there
appears
to
bo
little
hope
of
an
early
end
of
the
civil
war
In
China.
Chinese
communists
and
nationalists
are
still
opposing
each
other
at
arms
In
eleven
provinces
and
the
conflict
la
spreading,
Deadlock
continues
as
the
communists
insist
upon
a
political
settlement
and
,the
nationalists
demand
a
liqui-
elation
of
the
military
issue
i
I
t
Indonesians
Held
Accountable
For
Unprovoked
Attacks
!
Brigadier
Mallaby
Slain
at
Surebaya
'
While
He
Was
Negotiating
"Stop
Fire"
Order
BATAVIA,
Oct.
31
(CP)
The
Allied
Commander
n
Java,
Lieutenant-General
Sir
Philip
Christison,
has
.
arned
Indonesian
Nationalists
that
he
will
throw
his
full
force
against
them
in
the
event
of
further
attacks
on
British
troops.
Christison
added
that
those
responsible
for
unprovoked
attacks
must
bd
surrendered,
j
j.
nis
uiumaiimi
luiiuwcu
villus-
tlson's
announcement
that
thel
commander
of
the
49th
Indian
Brigade,
Brigadier
A,
W.
F.
Mallaby,
had
been
killed
at
Surebaya.
Christison
said
the
brigade
commander
was
killed
In
the
presence
of
the
Indonesian
leaders,
with
whom
he
was
arranging
a
"cease-fire"
order.
He
described
the
killing
as
a
"foul
murder."
The
Idonesian
commander
has
been
summoned
to
Christlson's
headquarters.
All
BrlUsh
warships
In
the
area
have
been
sent
to
Sure
baya
to
evacuate
women
and
children.
VICTORY
LOAN
PHENOMENAL
Canadians
Are
Subscribing
.
In
.Volume
Ntver
Before
Recorded
OTTAWA,
.Oct.
31
CT
Boosted
by
almost
phenomenal
sales
yes
terday,
the
Ninth
Victory
Loan'
aln,
Canada
and
United
States
total
was
nearly
the
$700,000,000
have
knowledge
of
mariufactur-mark
today
and
maintaining
a
Ing
process
necessary
to
.produce
pace
more
than
$100,000,000
the
atomic
bomb.
ahead
of
the
Eighth
Loan.
Total
sales
Tuesday
were
$120,348,300
compared
with
$77,-
for
transferring
the
German
gov-039,000
on
the
coircspondlng
day
eminent
from
military
to'clvllian
of
the
last
loan.
This
figure
sent
the
national
total
to
$694,-
967,300.
The
public
total
In
British
Columbia-Yukon,
which
Is
leading
all
Canadian
provinces,
on
Tuesday
at
noon
was
$44,129,650
for
62
percent
of
quota.
Nova
Scotia
is
second
to
Brit
ish
Columbia
and
Prince
Edward
Island
third.
HUGE
MARINE
INSTALLATIONS
For
the
purpose
of
permanent
clarification,
official
figures
as
Canada
and
address
a
joint
ses-tn
ihp
dimensions
of
the
ocean
!
slon
of
Parliament.
dock,
following
extension
during
the
war
by
the
United
States
Army
Transport
Service,
as
well
as
the
large
short
warehouse,
have
been
obtained.
The
ocean
dock
measures
1635
feet
overall
In
length
with
width
of
173.2
feet;
The
dock
shed
measures
1250
by
146
feet.
These
figures
do
not
Include
the
marine
and
equipment
shop
at
the
west
end
of
the
dock
measuring
175
by,
80
feet.
The
four-storey
warehouse
connected
with
the
ocean
dock
Is
652
feet
long
with
width
veering
from
120
to
165
feet.
Long
Movie
Workers
Strike
Now
Ended
HOLLYWOOD,
Oct.
31-Seven
thousand
moving
picture
studio
workers
who
have
been
on
strike
since
March
returned
to
their
lebs
today
QUOTA
i
i.
i
Will
be
J
ussia
I
i
o
t
Take
Part
In
Far
East
Advisory
Commission
Secret
of
Atomic
Romb
Is
Shared
WASHINGTON,
D.C.,
Oct.
31
0
President
Truman
said
today
that
he
expects
Russia
to
participate
soon
In
the
Far
Eastern
advisory
commission
meeting
here
to
consider
Japanese
control
policy.
The
President
said
hq
had
received
a
satisfactory
reply
from
Stalin
to
a
letter
recently
delivered
but
he
did
not
disclose
contents
of
the
reply.
f
ailure
of
Russia
so
far
to
send
a
representative
to
the
Far
Eastern
meeting
here
has
constituted
a
stumbling
block
in
Amert-
.tan
-
Sovlet
relations
TliA'
PrMlrtont
snnkf
.on
nthori
important
matters
Including
the
atomic
bomb,
tie
said
that
Brit-
j
The
President
also1
said
that
June
1
had
been
set
as
the
goal
,
hands.
ATTLEE
MAY;
VISIT
CANADA1
OTTAWA,
Oct.
31-Mlnlster
of
Justice
Louis
St.
Laurent,
answering
a
question
by
John
Bracken,
Progressive
Conservative
leader,
said
yesterday
that
Prime
Minister
W.
L.
Mackenzie
King
undoubtedly
had
In
mind
Inviting
Prime
Minister
Clement
Attlee,
during
his
forthcoming
visit
to
wasnington,
to
come
to
BANK
DEPOSITS
HERE
"EXCEED
10,000',0Q0"
Deposits
in
Prince
Rupert's
three
banks,
In
bonds
and
cash,
Is
estimated
to
be
in
"excess
of
$10,000,000"
by
a
reliable
source
who,
could
give
no
more
specific
calculation
to
a
Dally
News
representative
yesterday.
Seeing
material
to
answer
a
routine
questionnaire
concerning
Prince
Rupert,
the
reporter
was
also
informed
that
there
are
571
motor
vehicles
licensed
In
the
city,
258
of
which
are
passenger
cars
and
213
commercial
vehicles.
There
are
767
vehicles
reg
istered
here
and
at
Terrace.
There
are
2,495
residential
electric
meters
In
the
city
and
slightly
more
than
2,000
$709,
582,
to
3
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