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and
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to
moderate
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lis
cloudy
and
mil
with
rain
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today,
becoming
partly
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and
cold
tonight.
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1945
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VOL.
XXXIV.
No.
247.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.,
THURSDAY.
OCTOBER
25,
1945
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
23:46
4.7
feef
I
Wither
-
Man
:
Not
.
Fafofi
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ICO'.
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ELECTION
HERE
IS
EXPECTED
TODAY
Today
the
voters
of
Prince
Rupert
constituency
are
giving
their
answer
to
the
campaign
appeals
of
three
candidates
seeking
election
to
the
provincial
legislature.
They
began
casting
their
ballots
at
8
o
clock
this
morning
in
what
is
expected
to
be
the
heaviest
voting-
in"
any
provincial
election
ever
held
'
1
;
!
here.
Gov't
Delegation
Is
Delayed
While
On
Way
to
City
Bad
flying
weather
has
delayed
the
federal
government's
three-man
committee
which
was
due
to
arrive
in
the
city
today
to
investigate
the
city's
claims
for
compensation
for
wartime
damage,
to
streets
and
utilities
by
the
military.
Headed
by
Brigadier
G.
Walsh,
the
committee
was
flying
to
Vancouver
from
Ottawa
when
they
were
held
up
by
bad
weathir
at
Lethbridge,
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
was
advised
by
telegram
last
night.
Arrival
time
of
the
committee,
which
contains
representatives
of
the
army,
navy
and
air
force,
is
now
uncertain.
PORT
EDWARD
RECORD
PACK
Largest
for
Any
Cannery
North
of
Namu
Ready
to
Start
on
Herring
Any
Time
After
putting
up
the
largest
salmon
pack
ever
recorded
by
any.
single,
cannery
on
the
British
Columbia
coast
north
of
Namu,
Nelson
Bros.
Ltd.
plant
at
Port
Edward
near
Prince
Rupert
has
now
been
changed
over
for
herring
canning
and
will
be
ready
at
short
notice
to
start
processing
the
winter
fish
as
soon
as
they
appear.
Meanwhile
the
cannery
statr
Is
taking
vacation.
The
pack
at
the
Port
Edward
plant
this
salmon
season
amounted
to
a
total
of
155,000
cases
as
compared
with
125,000
cases
In
1944.
DROPPED
DEAD
AT
HIS
BENCH
ExAlderman
John
McKcchnlcof
Expires
With
Shocking
Suddenness
Today
.
Esteemed'
pioneer,
ex-aldcr-man
and
veteran
of
the
last
war.
John
McKechnle
dropped
dead
at
10
o'clock
this
morning
while
working
at
his
carpenter
s
bench
in
the
Mitchell
&
Currle
i
shops.
The
end
came
with
shock
,
ing
SUUUt'UIIlaS
umijf
"
minutes
before
the
end,
he
had
been
conversing
cheerily
with
associates
In
the
shop
and
appeared
to
be
In
the
best
of
health
and
spirits.
It
was
Fred
Skaland
who
found
his
body
on
the
floor,
j
A
doctor
was
called
but
life
was
definitely
gone.
Mr.
McKecnnle
had
been
a
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
for,
over
thirty-five
years,
having
been
here
since
the
very
early
days.
He
went
overseas
in
the
First
Great
War
and
was
mar-
rled
In
Scotland.
Returning
here,
he
served
for
a
time
as
.
.
.
...
I..
..,1
an
aiaerman.
wuer
hb
to
Vancouver
but
the
war
brought
him
back
to
Prince
Rupert
to
work
at
the
dry
dock,
later
joining
Mitchell
&
Currle.
Deceased
was
68
years
of
age
and
was
born
in
Scotland.
Besides
his
widow,
there
are
four
stepsons
to
mourn
his
loss
Including
Neil
McLean
of
this
city.
He
was
a
member
of
the
Oddfellows'
Lodge.
Mr.
and
Mrs.
A.
J..
Domlnato
and
children.
Peggy
Ann
and
Lcona
Mae,
arc
leaving
tonight
on
the
Prince
Rupert
on
a
three
weeks'
holiday
trip
to
Vancouver.
LONDON",
0)
'Woolwich
Arsenal
has
received
Its
first
big
order'
for
war
medals
6,225,000
of
them.
The
order
will
take
two
years
to
fill.
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Weather
is
part
cloudy,
a
heavy
rain
and
wind
abating
!
before
the
polls
opened.
The
jsun
-broke
through
this
after-.noon'.
In
the
central
Interior
it
in
clear
and
cool,
lowest
temperature
being
24
above
at
;
Smithers.
(
Throughout
this
constituency
5447
voter?
are
registered
and
jthe
Intense
Interest
which
has
(featured
the
campaign
indicates
that
a
large
proportion
of
them
j
will
vote.
All
but
a
few
hun-Idred
are
registered
in
Prince
j
Rupert,
the
remainder
being
at
outside
points.
j
Voting
at
the
city's
polling
'
station
In
the
Moose
Hall
was
I
'not
particularly
heavy
this
.morning.
Shortly
before
11
o'clock
403
votes
had
been
cast.
However,
a
heavy
rush
was
expected
late
this
afternoon
when
shops,
business
places
and
Industrial
plants
released
their
employees.
Voting
period
Is
scheduled
-to
close
at
8
o'clock
tonight.
''Thr?
tense
atmosphere
throughout
the
city
today
Is
In
contrast
to
the
feeling
which
accompanied
the
last
provincial
election
I
here
on
October
21,.
1941.
Re
action
to
that
campaign
was
described
as
"dull"
and
the
total
city
vote
was
2531
ballots.
The
1941relection
was'
a
two-sided
contest
between
.T.
D.
Pattullo,
running
as
a
Liberal,
and
George
Weaver,
C.C.F.
Mr.
Pattullo
won
by
a
margin
of
1,295
to
1,236.
Present
at
the
poling
station
this
morning
were
all
three
candidates,
who
visited
the
hall
at
different
times.
First
to
arrive
was
Labor-Progressive
candidate-Bruce
Mlckleburgh,
who
was
on
hand
when
voting
began
at
8
o'clock.
Independent
candidate
T.
D.
Pattullo
dropped
In
around
9
o'clock
and
William
Brett,
C.C.F.
candidate,
came
In
a
short
time
later,
staying
most
of
the
morning.
One
side
of
the
large
hall
was
crowded
with
official
and
unofficial
election
workers.
Each
the
22
polling
stations
had
a
deputy
returning
officer,
poll
clerk,
and
scrutineers
appointed
by
each
of
the
candidates.
(Assisting
Returning
Officer
A.
Bruce
Brown
was
City
Clerk
H
n
Thal
whn
flrtpH
.
,
pervjslng
deputy
returning
of-
icer
EJ
on
trcmely
close
run
is
expected
and
no
one
was
heard
to
hazard
a
confident
opinion
as
to
who
would
win.
Betting
on
the
outcome
apparently
is
extremely
scarce
although
there
was
a
rumor
of
one
Third
Avenue
sportsman
placing
odds
on
Pattullo.
Results
of
some
pons
outside
the
city
are
expected
to
arrive
tonight
although
ome
of
the
more
remote
polling
divisions
maj
not
get.
their
results
here
until
tomorrow
or
even
later,
Active
Service
Cllll,,,,
Ic
ItllliV
The
active
scrvlrc
polling
sta
Hon
was
described
as
"surpris
ingly
busy"
by
Supervising
de
puty
H.
D.
Thaln
who
said
also
that
the
absentee
polling
station
serving
voters
from
outside
this
constituency
was
well
patronized.
However,
the
absentee
station
for
voters
registered
at
other
stations
within
the
constituency
was
not
receiving
much
of
a
play.
Here
are
the
deputy
returning
officers
and
poll
clerks
who
are
assisting
in
loaays
election:
Deputy
Returning
Officers:
Mrs.
Irene
Muncey,
Mrs.
Gertrude
Good,
Mrs.
Muriel
Thompson,
Mrs.
Nada
Crulkshank,
Mrs.
Mlldrpd
Field,
Mrs.
Mavis
Fulton,
Mrs.
Pearl
Hunter,
Mrs.
Rose
McRae.
Mrs.
Dolores
Gerrard,
ELECTRIC
"TIN
FISH"
STOWED
ON
SUB
The
crew
of
a
submarine
re-provisioning
at
an
advanced
base
in
the
Pacific,
stow
an
electric
torpedo
below
decks.
These
electrically-driven
weapons,
a
carefully
guarded
secret
during
the
war
years,
now
are
revealed
by
the
navy
to
have
accounted
for
over
1,000,000
tons
of
enemy
shipping.
The
torpedoes
are
driven
by
electric
motors
powered
by
specially
designed
lead
acid
type
storage
batteries,
and
are
gyroscope-controlled.
They
leave'
no
tell-tale
wake
behind
them
as
the
conventional
steam-turbine
driven
torpedoes
do.
Over
20
feet
long,
they
weigh
about
a
ton
and
a
half.
PRINCE
RUPERT
REGIMENT
TO
CARRY
ON
IN
EVEN
MORE
IMPORTANtIrOLE
The
Prince
Rupert
Machine
Gun
Regiment
was
stimulated
with
a
new
lease
oMife
last
night
when
it
was
assured.
ry
C.olA.C.
C,
ui
olu
ueserve
ongHue,
ot
the
unit
in
the
course
of
an
administrative
inspection,
that
"this
regiment
is
to
carry
on
as
it
is"
under
a
new
policy
whereby
trie
reserve
army,
on
an
entirely
voluntary
basis,
will
be
Canada's
most
lm
portant
organized
military
force
Col.
Ferrie,
in
addressing
the;
unit
which
garnered
around
him
during
the
battalion
smoker,
told
6f
plans
to
Improve
the
equipment
of
reserve
units
and
expand
their
training
activities..
He
pledged
his
personal
assistance
and
full
co-operation
to
PRINCE
RUPERT
IS
AWAY
OVER
TOP
The
following
represents
the
comparative
standings
of
various
Army
Victory
Loan
area
commit
tees
within
Pacific
Command
as
at
midnight
Tuesday:
Prince
Rupert,
403
per
cent;
Vernon,
270
per
cent;
Vancouver,
198
per
cent;
Chllliwack,
130
per
cent;
Vancouver
Island
South,
103
per
cent;
Vancouver
Island
North,
40
per
cent.
Mrs.
Elsie
Creed,
Mrs.
Phyllis
Pullen,
Mrs.
Esther
G.
Wardale.
George
Dibb,
Rupert
Fulton,
Mrs.
Violet
Scherk,
Mrs.
Gwendolyn
Thaln,
Mrs.
Bernlce
Walker,
Mrs.
Allen
Walker,
Mrs.
Ruth
Hauser,
Mrs.
G.
R.
S.
Blackaby,
Mrs.
M.
Kielback,
Mrs.
Kathleen
Farrow.
Poll
clerks
are:
Mrs.
Dorothy
Becker,
Mrs.
Alice
Johnson,
Mrs.
Elona
Taylor,
Mrs.
Jessie
Boulter,
Mrs.
H.
R.
Hlbbard,
Miss
Marjorie
Jackson,
Mrs.
C.
P.
Balagno,
Mrs.
R.
Mac-aulay,
Mrs.
Jessie
Jacobs,
Mrs.
R.
O.
Large,
Mrs.
Eileen
Lucas,
Mrs.
S.
R.
Donaldson,
Mrs.
Sylvia
Langlllc,
Edward
Garner,
Mrs.
Rita
Foreman,
Mrs.
Marion
Pen-lnger,
Mrs.
Esther
Johnson,
A.
L.
Timmermcister,
Milton
Hauser,
Mrs.
F.
Kempton,
Mrs.
Kathleen
Hill.
Mrs.
Alice
Laird.
QUOTA
RESULTS
-
"lit
:
Fern$
commanding
officer
wno
Yisiiea
me
personnel
the
local
regiment.
The
brigade
commander
told
of
plans
to
make
the
training
more
effective
and
Interesting.
One'
of
his
Interesting
announcements
was
that
a
"skill
at
arms"
competition
which,
after
local
eliminations,
would
take
an
officer
and
party
of
other
ranks
south
for
brigade
competitions.
Other
plans
for
local
training
activities
were
outlined
and
assurance
given
of
a
continuation"
of
the
policy
of
annual
camp.
Col.
Ferrie
stressed
the
desirability
of
the
development
of
young
soldiers
in
the
reserve
units
and
advocated
the
encouragement
of
sports.
Accompanying
Col.
Ferrie
on
his
visit
to
"Prince
Rupert
is
Capt.
James
Hall
who
Is
acting
as
his
staff
officer.
Introduced
to
the
unit
last
night
was
a
new
training
officer
attached
to
administrative
and
training
staff
in
the
person
of
Lieut.
L.
E.
Hill
of
Victoria
who
served
in
Italy
and
Western
Europe
with
the
famous
Princess
Patricia
Cana
dian
Light
Infantry,
Regiment,
The
battalion
smoker
was
an
Informal
affair
which
featured
music
by
the
regimental
band
under
the
direction
of
Band
master
Peter
Lien
and
cemmu
nlty
singing
with
Andy
Mc
Naughton
at
the
piano.
Piper
Sergeant
James
Robertson
was
also
present
arid,
with
Drummer
James
N.
Kelly,
led
in
a
grand
march.
One
of
the
guests
of
the
evening
was
Major
R.
C.
II.
Durn-ford,
D.S.O.,
chaplain
of
the
Seaforth
Highlanders,
who
was
accorded
due
honor.
Ladles
of.
the
Women's
Auxiliary
of
the
Regiment
assisted
with
the
serving
of
refreshments.
$700,000
181,400
ASKS
VOTES
ON
RECORD
Pattullo,
McGeer
and
McKay
In
Final
Campaign
Meeting
Independent
candidate
T.
J3.
Pattullo
held
up
his
"zj-year
record
as
provincial
member
for
Prince
Rupert
to
an
audience
in
(
Booth
Memoriadl
High
School
auditorium
last'
night
and
de-
clarr
d
that
ns
record
was
one
j
of
achievement
for
Prince
Rupert
and
for
British
OoiumDia.
Final
speaker
at
the
final
the
early
hours
today
as
the
voters
of
the
province
meeting
of
his
campaign,
at
marked
their
ballots
to
choose
a
new
legislature.
A
S!fRr?rKafanPd1E!soaS
downpour
that
fell
all
night
at
Vancouver
fred
McGeer,
of
Vancouver,
Mr.
continued
in
the
f
orenoon.
At
one
poll
where
fifteen
Pattullo
deciarprt
thnt
hP'
tuni
Ipersons
were
present
at
the
"unashamed"
of
his
record
andlPenln&
for
tne
June
Dominion
asked
o
oe
returned
on
the
'basis
ieIectlon
there
were
only
three
of
his
achievement
and
his
ex-'
on
hand
to
vote
thls
morning.
perlence.
"I
am
a
professional
politl
clan
because
my
constltuent&rfn
rnnce
Kupert
have
maae
m
e
one
and.I
always
have
taken
the
i
stand
that
a
professional
ial
Is
bet-
ter
Ithan
an
amateur,"
he
asserted.
He
attacked
the
inconsistency
'
of
C.CJ".
candidate
William
Brett,
who,
he
said,
had
defied
the
declared
policy
of
his
party
of
ultimately
taking
over
crmplete
ownership
of
business.
"The
C.C.F.
said
that
the
ultimate'
in
their
policy
is
com'
iPlete
ownership
but
Mr,
Brett
has
said
that
small
businesses
will
be
allowed
to
make
a
profit,"
he
said.
Mr.
McGeer,
in
a
lengthy
speech
flayed
socialism
In
all
Its
forms
from
Englahd
to
Saskatchewan
to
British'
Columbia.
Between
freauent
intcTfuDtions
by
hecklers,
-he'
argiiedirofree"
enterprise
and
wound
up
his
talk
with
an
appeal
for
support
of
Mr.
Pattullo.
Mr.
Pattullo
Is
a
vigorous
and
courageous
fighter
who
represents
the
viewpoint
of
British
Columbia
better
than
any
man
has
ever
done
"
he
asserted.
Mr.
McKay
scored
the
"imaginary
promises"
of
other
candidates
from,
whose
policies
nothing
constructive
could
be
ex
pected.
Chairman
of
the
meeting
was
Jack
McRae
Temperature,
Maximum
50
Minimum
3
Rainfall
UNITED
CHURCH
CONFERENCE
HERE
Field
workers
from
widely
separated
points
cf
the
Prince
Rupert
presbytery
of
the
United
Church
have
been
gathering
in
the
city
since
yesterday
to
attend
a
conference
today
of
superintendents
and
doctors
of
the
Board
of
Home
Missions.
Rev.
Dr.
George
Dorey
of
Toronto,
board
secretary,'
arrived
In
the
city
on
last
night's
train.
The
conference
is
being
held
to
discuss
matters
of
policy
in
regard
to
management
of
mission
hospitals
within
the
Prince
Rupert
prebytery.
Representatives
who
arrived
on
the
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
from
the
south
were
Dr.
G.
E.
Darby
of
the
Bella
Bella
hospital,
Rev.
W.
P.
Bunt,
superintendent
of
home
missions
for
B.C.;
Rev.
Peter
Kelly
of
Ocean
Falls,
convener
of
home
mission
for
the
Prince
Rupert
presbytery.
Dr.
Franklin,
director
of
the
Port
Simpson
hospital,
also
arrived
yesterday
by
boat,
and
Dr.
Franklin
of
the
Hazelton
hospital
arrived
on
last
night's
train.
RIVER
BOUNDARY
The
Siberian
-
Manchuria
boundary
Is
marked
for
nearly
all
Its
course
by
the
rivers
of
Argun,
Amur
and
Ussurl.
Sgmn,
H.
s.
Vickerman,
who
has
been
spending
leave
here
with
friends
after
returning
from
overseas
recently,
leaves
tonight
on
the
Prince
Rupert
for
Vancouver.
ng
Election
Prince
Rupert
One
of
Tew
r
laces
enjoying
JGood
Voting
Weather
Pouring
Rain
In
Vancouver
While
'
Throughout
Southern
Interior
-
-Snow
Is
Falling
VANCOUVER,
Oct.
25
(CP)
Steady
rain
in
North
Vancouver
and
Victoria
kept
polling
slow
in
Except
in
prince
Kupert.ois-
itrict
and
the
central
interior
where
J
i9
partly
.
cloudy
-
ancl
;cooi,
crmsui
woJumDian
'are;
Jiii.xi'ili
l)Mt!
heavy
rain
and
snow
t"t5il
'There
Ls
deep
snow
tnrougnout
tne
Kootenay.
OKan
agan
and
Cariboo
districts.
HERE
FROM
HONG
KONG
Company
Sergeant
Major
of
Winnipeg
Grenadiers
Coming
Soon
for
Visit
First
yeteran
of
Hong
Kong
to
eome
to
Prince
Rupert
may
be
Company
Sergeant
Major
Frank
Rogers
cf
Winnipeg,
who
js
ex
pected
here
soon
tor
a
visit
with
his
wife's
parents,
Mr.
and
Mrs.
ChaTlea
Ashbury,
1139
Hay
Cove
Avenue.
C.SJM.
Rogers,
who
was.
with
th
..WiniUp,pjenajlefA,,(l
had
been
a
prisoner
of
war
of
the
Japanese
since
Christmas
Day,
1941,
has
just
landed
at
San
Francisco
on
his
-way
here.
Following
his
visit
here
he
will
proceed
to
Winnipeg
where
his
wife
awaits
him.
Just
a
few
.days
ago
'Mr.
and
Mrs.
Ashbury
received
a
Christmas
letter
which
had
been
mailed
at
Hong
Kong
shortly
before
the
fall
of
the
colony
and
which
fell
Into
the
hands
of
the
Japanese
and
was
detained
'by
them
until
September
1945,
when
the
Allies
took
over
again.
i
PRINCE
RUPERT'S
FUTURE
IS
SPECULATED
UPON
BY
MAGAZINE
Apart
from
its
shipbuilding
and
marine
repair
functions,
Prince
Rti'pert
made
a
great;
aitfet
little-publicized
contribution
to
the
wining
ofthjC
waf
in
the
Pacific
by
reasons
of
its
strategic
shipping
position.
It
moved
more
than
a
million
tons
of
war
goods
to
help
overwhelm
Japan,
says
Western
Business
and
Industry
of
van-
couver,
In
featuring
up
this
port
with
a
fine
showing
of
articles
and
new
pictures
In
Its
current
Issue.
.
'
For
a
full
generation
the
relative
advantage
of
Prince
Rupert's
proximity
to
the
Orient,
the
excellence
of
its
harbor,
the
transcontinental
railway
connection,
Its
floating
dry
dock
and
Its
grain
elevator
Its
deep-sea
berths
and
its
ice-free,
always
easily-navigable
harbor
had
been
urged
as
the
basis
for
a
greater
utilization
of
Canada's
most
northerly
transport
centre
on
the
Pacific
Ocean.
:
it
took
a
war
crisis
and
th;
fast-moving,
big-spending
United
States
Army
to
under
score
strikingly
all
these
claims
and
to
demonstrate
their
truth
by
the
very
practical
processes
of
putting
into
operation
just
such
a
flow
of
traffic
as
the
pioneers
had
visualized
for
Prince
Rupert
at
the
port's
op
timistic
inception
back
in
the
first
decade
of
this
country.
Something
like
$17,000,000
was
spent
by
the
United
States
Army
to
create
the
machinery
and
fa
cilities
In
Prince
Rupert
which
would
convert
the
place
to
a
Sub-Port
of
Embarkation,
between
Seattle
and
Anchorage
In
Alaska,
Today
Prince
Rupert,
back
In
sel
and
when
grass
and
seedling
time
servant,
Is
wondering
what
its
peacetime
Job
will
be.
Must
It
trn
mi
thp
nartlal
irellef
of
I
r
HAZELTON
IS
150
PERCENT
OVERiQUOTA
Ninth
Victory
Loan
subscrip
tions
in
Prince
Rupert
yesterday
totalled
$48,650,
bringing
the
cumulative
total
for
the
first
three
days
of
this
loan
up
to
$167,200
as
compared
with
$181,-400
for
the
same
pjerlod
in
the
Eighth
Loan
last
April.
Headquarters
here
are
advised
that
Hazelton
subscribed'
150
percent
of
quota
on
the
first
day.
-,.
Further
subscriptions
to
be
acknowledged
are,
as
follows.
'
Lindsay's-Cartage
&
.
.
Storage
.
$1,000
Rupert
Motors
Ltd.
.,
1,000
Pacific
Stevedoring
St
.
Contracting
Co.
Ltd.
......
1,000
.Alexander
Pacika
(Pacific
B.C.)
100
Famous
Players
Canadian
jKCorPtXtol
Theatre)
:.-..-.:..-.I3X..v
.
4,000?
Nick
Christy
500
Gaetano
Ciccone
100
Mrs.
Nellie
Cashmark
200
Spiro
Postulo
100
Master
Jan
E.
LiUehei
100
Mrs.
Thomas
King
200
Mr,
and
Mrs.
John
G-
Osen
200
J.
E.
Kitchen,
radio,
license
in
spector
for
the
Department
of
iTanspori,
wno
nas
Deen
in
me
city
for
the
'ast
few
days,
arriving
from
Vancouver,
leaves
on
tonight's
train
for
Interior
points
to
continue
his
inspection
tour.
subsidies
and
government,
hand
outs
to
keep
It
alive
.
.
.
but
quiet?
Prince
Rupert
can
count
on
a
small
amount
of
steel
ship
repair
and
overhaul
work
and
repair
and
maintenance
of
wooden
fishing
craft
but
community
Income
from
this
source
Is
never
large
and
employment
Is
irregular.
The
fact
of
the
port
being
the
terminus
of
a
transcontinental
railway,
too,
ensures
ah
irredu
cible
minimum
of
economic
sustenance.
But
Prince
Rupert
has
had
enough
of
living
down
to
a
minimum
and
a
subsistence
level.
'v
There
Is
a
corps
of
provincial
civil
servants
living
In
Prince
Rupert.
They
administer
to
the
needs
ot
northern
and
central'
British
Columbia
from
there.
The
city
will
certainly
not
grow
great
on
that
account.
Always
Great
Fishing
Centre
It
knows
It
will
always
be
'a
great
fishing
centre.
Hie
Intelligent
conservation
of
the
halibut
fisheries
of
the
North
Pacific
and
the
existence
of
fine
cold
storage
and
fish
proctslhg
facilities
in
Prince
Rupert
guarantee
that
minimum.
But
the
community
has
had
a
period
of
living
In
the
bustle
and
prosperity
of
the
vital
transportation
role
originally
conceived
for
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