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Speech from Throne REVEALING A MINIMUM of anything and sug. gesting not a great deal more, the Speech from . the Throne, read at the opening of Parliament jn Ottawa yesterday, at least covered a wide range j)f subjects, practically the entire gamut, indeed, of problems involved in postwar reconstruction (with which we should be getting along now since the war will soon have been over two years, i The traditional speech, which might well do but seldom does prove very revealing of legislative lans and ia certainly no exception on this occasion, iliscloEes in the vaoiiest of peneralitv iVint lpoicln. ' "1 " ' W fcJ O jWV Ition o be submitted by the government for ratification by the Parliament will relate to such matters as labor relations, afrrimiltiire. mnrVerincr im. migration, defence, finance, export trade and in- ! tfprn.Vinnnl rnmmJrmpnfa j Possibly a little more definite is the announcement that a select committee of Commons and Senate will be established to consider and report 'ojf the question of human rights and fundamental f&edoms a committee which might well make findings' that would be the basis of social legislation of most advanced and admirable type. As for forthcoming price and commodity control legislation, the Snrwh frnm tViP Thvrmo nnW reiterated what had already been indicated by its statements and actions when it said: "The policy :is to maintain only such price and commodity con Itrols. as may be required to protect consumers from a drastic rise in the cost of living and to ensure ifa'ir'distribution of the essential goods and services .'which are in short supply." Unless we favor a (permanent policy of price control, such a line of action as thus proposed should meet with approbation. ; Also to be anticipated, of course, are the an--rwuncements that approval will be sought of the :tax agreements with the provinces, increase of the : membership of the House of Commons from 245 ito 255 and amendments to the Dominion Elections ;Act, ; Not being informed in detail yet of the exact nature of legislation the government plans on many of the momentous questions which it tells us in the : Throne Speech are to be dealt with, we can at least conclude that they will constitute the field for a widespread measure of debate and airing of views. How far the proposals of the government will go ,in offering practical and acceptable solution to the jrnany problems remains to be seen and we can again hope, as we always do when we talk about a Throne Speech, that the session it inaugurates will be productive of as much useful action as empty talk. We ;shall see what we shall see. UT IF THERE MIGHT be a ness to be seen In the JSpeech from the Throne at Ottawa, the same cannot be jsaid of the legislative program which our friends, the C.CF.'ers, appear resolved to jenact in Saskatchewan. There too price contr61 is a subject which will command a wide measure of Interest first of Mil In Just how the C.C.F. Intends to proceed in the matter and how It thinks it may be going to make it stick. Price control in the provincial field, we can see at the outset, will be subject to controversy as to ?ts constitutionality. The Saskatchewan legislature might "be able to enact it but to make go of it will be a different matter. ; The announcement of Intention to enact a Crown Corpora- itions Act in connection with :the extention of the Saskat-ichewan government's industrial program is but a logical development. : The testing of the government legislation at Reglna will come not In the Legislature Jbut in the courts, it Is to be expected, ; Advertise in The Dally News, NOTICE The Dally News wishes to ;draw attention to the rule Ithat classified and transient advertising is payable in advance at the office at time f presenting copy for advertising. Those desiring to advertise, in this manner in the Dally News are asked to assist the office and respect :thls rule by refraining from jtelephoning classified WE THOUGHT we WELL, were making weather history in Prince Rupert yesterday when the thermometer went below zero but Vancouver still held the meteorological spotlight, In fact Prince Rupert's measly one below didn't cause any stir at all when we thought of the bottom nearly falling out of the thermometer at faraway Snag with its seventy-eight below, to say nothing of good old Vancouver where a blizzardy hurricane nearly blew the town away. Compared with a lot of places Including the so-called balmy Lower Mainland, maybe we can be excused if we think that Prince Rupert, with all It Is a little worse there. Irish Independence Story to Be Written DUBLIN The government has established a "Bureau of Military History" to collect material for a history of the Independence movement, from formation of the Irish Volunteers in. 1013 to the Truce of 1921 which resulted In establishment of the Irish Free State. Director of the bureau will be Michael MeDunphy, released from his duties as secretary to President Sean OTCelly. "The urgency of this work has been Impressed on the government by the fact that, as those who took part in the struggle and whose evidence would be Invaluable, pass away, the collection of essential material will be increasingly difficult," said a statement from the government Information bureau. You saw it in The Newsl Canadian Association for Adult Education, provlnclally by the Extension Department of the U.B.C., and locally by the Ciyic Centre Association and the Cooperative Welfare and Educational Aisoc-ialion. I submit, Mr. Editor, that even you w!l avc-that one sponsorship is at least respectable enough. The very fact, Mr. Editor, that by implication you taint all attendants at the Forum with the IN THE SUPREME COURT OP BRITISH COLUMBIA IN PROBATE IN THE MATTER OP THE "ADMINISTRATION ACT" and , IN THE MATTER OP THE ESTATE OP NOEL LAVERDIERE, DECEASED TESTATE TAKE NOTICE that by Order of Hla Honour W. E. Fisher, made on the 17th day of January, A.D. 1947 I waa appointed Administrator with Will annexed of the eatate of Noel Laverdlere. deceased, and all parties having claim against the said estate are hereby required to furnish same, properly verified, to me on or before the 15th day pf March, A.D. J947, and all parties indebted to the estate are required to pay the amount of their Indebtedness to me forthwith. DATED at Prince Rupert, B.C., thU 23rd day of January, A.D. 1947. OEOROE II. HALIT, Official Administrator, Atlln, BC. '' . Mni I, IMMjUll III I til II I THE END OP THE ROAD-HJJ.T Aquitania, endeared to the hearts of more Canadians than any other troop ship afloat, turned over another page in her gallant history when she disembarked the final organized draft of servicemen and dependents at Halifax on January 19. In her 33 years on the high seas, she has carried men to and from two great wars. The last of the -four stackers'' to ply the North Atlantic Is pictured above. In photo No 2 dependents are shown waiting In the pay. parade for money exchange. in the photo Is Mrs. Vera Mlskimins and baby getting her first "feel" of Canadian currency from Major D, C yuison and SSgt. A. E. Baker of the Army Embarkation Pay Staff. Destined for a new home in XojPnw, .Mrs, Mlskimins was among the last orgardipd draft of service dependents brought to Canada by army movement officials, mt cOrrfnient about the "new" currency "Gracious, what pretty colors." In commemoration of her service as a troopship, H.MT Aquitania and her crew were presented with a bronze plaque by the heads of the three armed serv ces when she docked at Halifax. Shown in photo No. 3 is Capt. J. D. Snow, ship's captain, receiving the plaque from Major-Oeneral H. W. Foster, C.B.E.. D.S.O., commanding Eastern Army Command. Capt. Snow expressed the personal appreciation of himself and the crew for Uie award which read: "Presented to H.M.T. Aquitania for her services rendered in two great wars by all ranks of the Canadian Armed Forces." Gen. Foster read a message of gratitude on behalf of the Minister of National Defence and the people of Canada. (Canadian Army Photos) rouble Ahead Below Zero, So What? LETTERBOX THE OPEN FORUM Editor, Dally News Congratulations on vour edi torial cf January 30. If the Forum v... inspired nu(uiiw you jruu thus tijus to to put pui good place to live. As for Van- sore d bY no political group. Na-couver, it never seems to get i t:nal'y the Citizens' Forum Is lougner in frinQe Rupert but iW"1 "t lllc ana me sanit poetical brush, is to my mind procf of some Of the contentions made at last Tuesday's Forum. You imply a certain thing to be a fact even though you are merely guessing. For your information I may say you arc guessing wrongly. However, Mr. Editor, .w.. even .,vi if your case before the people of 11 were a lact ws lrt be the n I -rt i flref if v t. cir n f tkal A.' t i ruute Auperi, me r arum is " aa" im proving its value to the com- fore- we ourselves wani our munity. .Forum Jo be representative. May I take this opportunity ! Yout own attendance and the nnf inlv n inititA .,n i ' attend AIM? I of RfiniP nf J vnur v4j iu invite uuitil IJUt r jwm every other citizen of Prince Ru- Jrlcnds may he'P to make it so. Dert IntnrpstrH in ih. ic- f 1 Yours Yours for for demccracv demccracv in in ac- ac- - --- H. IO.I 41J ui the day to partidixite in the discussion oT'our Forum which is held every Tuesday night in the Civic Centre. Your reference to one-sided political and economic thought among those attending the Forum is regrettable. Our Forum is open to everybody. It is spon- Hon, ' H. FAUHE Secretary, Civic Centre Citizens' Forum. Classified Advertising Pays! CONVICTION IS QUASHED A jecent decision at Smlthers in County Court of Judge W. E. fisher quashing a police court conviction against James Edmonton of Evelyn for supplying Jltiucr to a minor has been sustained In the British Columbia Court of Appeal at Victoria. After Judge Fisher had quashed the conviction in County Court, the crown took tlhe case to the Court of Appeal where the appeal was dismissed. J. T. Harvey aeted as counsel for the appellant, T. a. Norrls K. C. appearing In his stead in the Appeal Court. 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Zn?i from a poker game in which the defendant is alleged iv .!; -,' ah U,IJ to have walked off with the pot after failing to reveal ; :",ci c ,. his hand to "his opponent. WiUlam "Krychlnskl, lately of Ocean Falls, found himself charged with theft on complaint of John Kruchoff who told the Court that Krychinskl straight flush when he grabbed for the pot during a poker game in Ocean Falls on January 4. Krychinskl was not charged with stealing the whole pot which was estimated by the other players to be about $76 but merely with unjustly assum ing possession of Kruchoff's contribution to the pot, a. matter of $31. When Crown counsel W. O. Fulton offered to demonstrate to Judge Fisher the game of bUta," a speedy variation of poker which the men had been playirg. Judge Fisher declined to be initiated Into its mysteries. "Don't bother, there are too many policemen here, the Judge replied. The game in question started out with five players, four of whom later turned out to be witnesses against Krychinskl. In Its latter stages, it developed into a contest between Krychinskl and Kruchoff, with Kruchoff betUng his last dollar on a small straight flush. What Krychinskl held, the witnesses declared, never came to light, because he threw his hand on the table face down-1 ward and made a grab for the! pot which he stuffed Into hte pocket Following this gambit, there was an exchange of conversation In what one witness described as the "old language," which turned out to be Ukran-ian. Defence counsel J. T. Harvey was unable to get any of the witnesses to say whether Krychinskl had tossed his hand Into the discards or merely onto the table. Everybody, It seemed, lost Interest In the hand when Krychinskl made his alleged grab at the pot. Constable II. E. J. Madley of the provincial police detachment at Ocean Falls, with whom the compalnt had been lodged said that Krychinskl had left Ocean Falls a few hours after the game and had been picked up or a warrant and held at Vancouver. He presented as evidence a letter taken from Krychinskl by the Vancouver police. It contained $24 in bills and a note addressed! to KruchoYf which said that the money enclosed represented half the pot but, if Kruchoff thought that he was 'f IM SltVERnATE TV loif word In Aa plot will b lt first ckolc l moty diKrimincitiflg Concxf Ian WomtA for W "ftornarly Yfttfrk. No ftnr ponm hat m$r hn produced. "Eif ftatty YourV k bautifv(, fuflfiry-M CftOtio of fin lifvtrtmithing. "f ffftolty V4jrV t")yt uHfaAdl"9 chartxttriiiict pouud by to naht H trufy Conodo't fw-it Wwplott. CImom M to yowTMlf. eternally Ylours 1847 ROaER BROS. Canada's finest Silverplate MANSON'S JEWELLERS "The Home of Better Jewelry" INCOME TAX Returns Prepared - See It. E. MORTIMER 324 2nd Ave. phone 88 trolriPf tn ppt Uip whnlp nnl. ho "hart better ee Mr. Wlsmer about it." The cas, which was adjourned until today to continue the had ignored the merits of his hearing of evidence, is descrlb ed as unique, in judicial annals of tba province. No similar case has ever been before the courts; although a case arising out of a poker game resulted In a conviction of common assault which went to assize court at Clinton In 1907. The judge was the late Archie Martin, later chief Jus tice, and defence counsel was J. W. Howay. later County Court Judge at New Westminster. The accused In this case alter the game attacked another man and ; took back the money of which, he. honestly believed he had been cheated. 'TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT 1 !!"tt. c kin Briefs from Britain jfj aiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitttti I LONDON, Q: -Annual number of apprentices entering thel bulkhng trades ha. increased from jaw per jear beloe th war to a record flaure of 25.QJD , during the last 12 months,. 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