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ii
rvi
r
Is
about
the
only
Wintry
that
has
not
increase
In
freight
long
before
the
bc-
'
tlic
Kccnml
Wnrlrl
railroad
men
arc
not
1
O
anyone
can
tell
l
take
uu
increased
JIUO.000,000
Without
us
increased
prices
for
w
ouppiy
irans-
i
would
be
ctcrn.illv
to
Him.
n;
i
'or
AOANCK
nauiMiui,
saici
''"t
"Is
victim
and
not
'
l".csc
conditions,
r
y
charge
or
cxlrava-llic
conduct
of
the
af-uc
Canadian
National
1
cnallcnen
mw
whether
it
be
rmhiiriv
lcly
owned
in
ck,u
-uu
uu
cicmus
of
.l0
the
same
scrutlnv
aim
nrnvp
mnrn
administration
of
Hjj
nr
penny
we
take
l
Penny
we
snrnri
f
flu-.
...
-
-..uHauon
of
our
"u
maependent
audi-
mlttcc
of
parliament
and
submit
to
a
rigorous
catechism.
Wc
have
a
board
of
directors
consisting
of'
keen
business
men
who
must
be
satisfied
that
all
capital
expenditures
arc
such
as
will
bring
satisfactory
returns."
Mr.
Vaughan
pointed
out
tnat
the
people
of
Canada
arc
the
only
shareholders
In
the
C.N.R.
and,
when
the
railway
makes
money,
the
benefit
Is
felt
through
the
Department
of
Finance,
when
there
Is
a
loss
It
must
be
paid
through
the
Treasury.
"It
will
be
our
aim,"
he
continued,
"to
operate
the
Canadian
National
Railways
with
efficiency
and
economy
In
the
Interest
of
all
tht
ptoplc
of
Canada."
STUI'KNDOUS
WAR
Kl
TOUT
Referring
to
the
war
traffic
handled
by
the
Canadian
Na
tional
Railways
to
the
eastern
seaboard,
Mr.
Vaughan
termed
It
a
"stupendous
effort."
From
the
outbreak-of
rwar
to
the
end
of
1946.
more
than
50.00On3sseni:cr.
sleeping,
dining
and
baggage
cars
were
supplied
to
handle
special
troop
movements
and
war
brides
In
and
out
of
Hali
fax
alone.
On
one
day,
March
23,
1945,
as
many
as
382
trains.
passenger
and
freight,
moved
In
two
directions
over
the
C.N.R.'s
Atlantic
region.
"Our
officials
there,"
he
said,
"did
a
transportation
job
during
tlic
war
which
was
not
surpassed
on
this
continent."
Turning
to
the
International
scene,
Mr.
Vaughan
said,
"the
mushroom
of
smoke
and
vapor
that
rose
above
Hiroshima
on
tho
morning
of
August
7,
1945,
has
not
been
dissipated
and
all
the
world
stands
uneasy
in
Its
shadow.
It
world,
however
be
folly
for
us
to
abandon
hope
so
early
lct.,
n
surrendering
to
'.he
weakness
of
despair,
we
pre
cipitate
that
whlcn
wc
tircaci
most.
Wc
must
continue
to
work
vigjruusly
for
the
attainment
of
world
peace
that,
in
so
doing,
wc
may
be
able
more
quickly
to
grasp
its
opportunities
should
it
(Continued
on
Page
Three)
INDUSTRIES
PARALYZED
Thousands
of
Itrilons
Marie
Workless
by
Culling
f
Furl
Supplies
LONDON,
Oi
Thousands
of
workers
were
rendered
temporarily
unemployed
Monday
as
In
dustrial
plants
In.
the
Midlands
and
elsewhere,
paralyzed
by
the
government
order
of
coal
supply
cuts,
failed
to
reopen
"after
the
week-end
thutdewn.
Steel
works,
cotton
mills
and
breweries
arc
among
the
worst
affected.
Tlic
new
system
of
reduced
fuel
allocution
is
scheduled
to
last
Into
March.
Under
it
gas
and
electricity
plants
and
food
Industries
get
unlimited
supplied
of
fuel
while
others
take
a
50
per
cent
cut
with
some
additional
supplies
for
firms
of
national
Importance.
RUSSIA
REJECTS
PEACE
STATUTE
LONDON,
Oi
An
informed
source
said
yesterday
that
Rus
States
suggestion
that
the
Allies
Impose
a
peace
statute
upon
Germany.
Russia
had
submitted
a
memorandum
to
the
deputy
foreign
ministers
that
the
Big
Four
write
a
complete
treaty.
STILL
ANOTHER
PLANE
CRASH
ALBCKqr.UqiJK,
New
.Mexico
(Cr
IJe-ven
men
were
killed
yesterday
when
a
United
Stales
Aimy
11-29,
carrying
restricted
equipment,
crashed
in
flames
as
it
tried
to
tise
from
Kirtl.ind
Field
oi
a
ruiiline
mission.
Two
men,
were
taken
alive
from
the
flaming
wreckage
but
ic
died
shoTtly
after
reaching
hospital.
mrAi
DAkiicn
IS
PROMOTED
Alex
Armstrong,
Royal
Hank
Accountant,
Named
Manager
at
Wells
Alcx
Armstrong,
for
tlic
last
five
years
accountant
In
the
local
branch
of
the
Royal
Bank
of
Canada,
has
been
promoted'
to
the
post
of
manager
of
the
Wells
branch
In
the
Cariboo
district
and
will
be
leaving
February
7
to
assume
his
new
duties.
His
successor
here
is
to
be
E.
T.
Wishlman
of
Robson
Street
branch,
Vancouver.
Mr.
Armstrong
has
become
highly
cstoemed
in
business
circles
us
well
as
among
many
friends
during
his
stay
in
Prince
Rupert
and
tlic
departure
of
himself
and
his
wife
and
family
WJ11
be
much
regretted.
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DAY
AND
NIGHT
SERVICE
i
Empress
Hotel,
Third
Ave,
3
uwisnctt
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port'Trince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbilt
VOL.
XXXVI,
No.
23,
PRINCE
RUPERT.
B.C.,
TUESDAY,
JANUARY
28,
1947
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
t
fflOVUrcr'Ar
sine
crisis
"OVERwunrx,-.
.Til--
-
Ways
Arc
ratL
'.Vith
n
-a
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DLI
VC
rOHVYdi
I
wiisiila
But
Successful
Maintenance
Is
Vital
to
National
Economy
and
Safety,
Declares
C.N.R.
Head
....i.
!
1L,.(
1L.
..!!
1
.
u-a
,
1
wuriiiiiir
una
uu
ranwuv
iran.s-
on
industry
in
Canada
is
faced
with
problems
mplexity.
perplexity
and
variety
beyond
mem-
l.f.r,,,
ti-ii1!Mi4
Imo
if
m
im
f
lint
1
in
nnnn
flirt
(1
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Mil
IIIWI(ViVIUUU
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Vltri
l'IVIiVIVII
V
I
V
I
I
VI
IV
pcoiiomv
was
voiced
here
Monday
night
by
VaiiL'han,
C'.M,(j.,
cliairman
and
president
of
idiaii
National
Railways,
Llrc::s
before
the
annual:
oi
tin
Halifax
Board
tlic
'iiangc-over
from
Lee
uad
altered
the
na-
jthf
commodities
being
I
ano
affected
the
ur-pr
handling
them,
the
tonnage
loaded
per
lar
liad
decreased.
Tlic
length
of
haul
had
but
the
demand
for
rcfr:;;crator
cars
had
hied.
'In
part,"
said
the
resident,
'tills
situation
be
attributed
to
the
p
r;i
ii
u.
:i
v
:i
i-
l
ullu
complicated
task
of
enough
equipment
to
1.
...UIl.
nl
ilA
it:
11
l
JUlkb
.
U&,1
ft
w
disconcerting
dip.
Tlic
brcsmcs
even
more
Prt
i
ii
rni
t
ii
i
nn
i
in
1
I1L-
11J1
1
(-
llil
11
Willi
v.
the
quantity
avail-
To
relieve
this
tlic
National
approved
tho
of
3,000
units
of
vari-
ct
freight
equipment
materials
needed
lor
.
i
.
ii.
i
.
i
.
.
i
demand
for
the
gen-
no
means
of
knowing
may
get
delivery."
1
v
wid
that
tho
average
niipiuyrcs
in
uaunua
itwui
vd
v
vii
to
J
vr
hour
"This
means,"
UITI
I
llflt
ur
inrnie
inn
v
...
0u
W
vol
...
,
4(l
1.
Hit
of
48
percent."
mpics
of
increased
ex
r
materials,
he
cited
!
tics
today
cost
94
pcr-
re
tlian
In
1939,
steel
II
111
f
ft.lt
I
.HV14ilV
JlVSf
tl
Increased
77
imrrnnL
Win
over
193(J
with
in-
ik...
"ui
prices
may
go
'
r
For
the
whole
range
'
purchases
the
average
tors
appointed
by
the
govern
ment.
Each
year
officers
of
the
railway
appear
before
a
corr-
materials
and
supplies
TAKEN
TO
BRAZIL
per
unit
cTnnpurcd
'
African
slaves
were
first
In
in
into
in
mtT
...........
i
i
i
tui
y,
n
i
..
VVUKUA
LrtKllll'U
1I1UI
iIil.li
111
M1U
1I1IU-
tcrlals
will
cost
lhn,,lln
,r
llm
inih
pinlnrv.
Over
This
act
specifically
states
the
amount
to
be
paid
annually
by
us
but
has
no
clause
applying
any
surplus
credit
to
the
current
payments,"
she
said.
"In
an
Interview
with
Hon
Herbert
Anscomb,
Minister
of
Finance,
wc
again
stated
all
the
pertinent
facts
of
our
situation
and
reiterated
our
request
for
omission
of
our
sinking
fund
payments.
Mr.
Anscomb
re
fused
absolutely
to
consider
it
pointing
out
that
we
had
once
been
inf;
bankruptcy
and-
were
now
very
close
to
getting
out
of
our
difficulties."
Mr.
Anscomb
then
suggested
that
tlic
city
might
borrow
money
and
that
he
would
con
sent
to
the
floating
of
a
loan.
CONDITIONS
OF
LOAN
OUTLINKI'
The
conditions
of
the
loan,
presented,
by
Mayo"
Arnold
and
Alderman
Youngs
to
Municipal
Minister
MacDonald
and
approved
by
him,
contained
the
following
suggested
proposition:
"A
loan
or
$150,000
on
a
20-year
basis
would
call
for
annual
payments
of
approximately
$7,-500
In
principal
and
$6,000,
thus
making
the
annual
total
$13,500.
This
total
would
be
reduced
by
the
earnings
of
capital.
At
prcs-
scnt
wc
arc
spending
sonic
$13.-000
oi)
temporary
road
work,
which
Is
actually
being
wasted
since
none
cVthe
work
Is
permanent.
If
this
money
were
ap
plied
to
repayment
or
a
loan
on
money
for
permanent
work.
It
would
seem
a
much
more
eco
noinic
way
of
spending.
"In
company
with
Mr.
Brace-well,
Inspector
or
municipalities,
we
worked
out
tho
details
or
a
loan
or
$150,000
serial
bond
Issue
in
which
the
bonds
would
be
re
Uriel
each
year,
thus
lessening
the
Interest
payments.
In
the
plan,
the
payments
on
principal
lor
the
years
1047
to
1951
in
clusive
would
be
made
small,
and
payments
for
succeeding
years,
when
the
city
has
110
sinking
fluid
1
aynenls
In
principal
to
tn.;ct.
rev'd
be
Incr-isal."
Speaking
to
Mayor
Arnold's
report,
Alderman
Youngs
said
that
at
first
he
hud
been
partially
in
favor
or
a
serial
bond
issue
but
later
he
had
been
bothered
by
tho
Tact
that
the
city
would.
Lave
to
pay
approximately
'$71,000
In
Interest
011
it.
"H
seems
terrible
to
have
to
pay
out
an
additional
$71,000
In
--Jews
Yield
Hostages
City
May
Borrow
Money
For
Street
and
Sewer
Rebuilding
To
raise
money
to
rehabilitate
its
streets
and
seWers,
Prince
Rupert
may
issue
a
serial
bond
loan
of
$150,000
as
an
alternative
to
its
apparently
unsuccessful
plan
to
withhold
payments
into
its
overpaid
sinking
fund.
This'.idea
was
suggested
last
night
by
Mayor
Nora
Arnold
in
her
report
to
council
on
the
city's
financial
f
mission
to
Victoria
two
weeks
ago.
Suggested
originally
by
Provincial
Finance
Minister
Herbert
Anscomb
after
he
had
refused
"absolutely"
to
consider
allowing
the
city
to
omit
its
tinklng
fKd
payments
of
$58,000
a
year,
the
loan
would
be
retired
over
a
20-ycar
period.
In
outlining
the
events
of
the
financial
mMjsion
undertaken
by
herself
and
Alderman
Youngs,
Mayor
Arnold
told
of
tbc
refusal
of
Municipal
Minister
R.C,
MacDonald
to
allow
the
sinking
fund
payments
to
be
wit
Wield.
'At
first
it
looked
as
If
we
would
get
the
minister's
con
sent
but
a
further
examination
of
the
Prince
Rupert
Refund-
sia
rejected
an
informal
United
jng
destroyed
our
hopes
Are
Named
To
Senate
OTTAWA
O
-Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
KU13
announced
last
jiight
the
appointments
of
James
Gray
Turgcon
and.
Stanley
S.
McKccn,
both
of
Vancouver,
to
fill
British
Columbia's
Senate
vacancies.
Liberal
standing
in.
the
96-seat
upper
chamber
is
now
03.
Mr.
McKccn,
who
was
former
ly
president
or
the
Vancouver
Board
of
Trade
and
the
Pacific
Northwest
Trade
Association,
is.
a
prominent
Vancouver
Busi
ness
man.
Mr.
Turgcon,
former
member
of
Parliament
for
Cariboo
and
one-time
Alberta
legislative
as
sembly
member,
has
been
active
In
political
circles
for
15
years.
r".
Bulletins
AGREEMENT
WITH
BURMA
LONDON
The
British
gov
ernment
today
announced
that
it
had
reached
an'
agreement
with
Burma
that
will
permit
the
Asiatic
crown
colony
to
attain
independence.
WORST
YEAR
YET
OTTAWA
Minister
of
Labor
announces
that
1916
was
the
worst
year
yet
for
amount
of
time
lost
due
to
industrial
disputes.
The
time
lost
was
three
times
greater
than
in
1915.
RATION
CHALLENGED
WASHINGTON
A
Washington
judge
has
ruled
that
rationing
of
sugar
to
industrial
users
is
illegal
and
has
ordered
that
it
be
discontinued.
,
FIRE
IN
TORONTO
TORONTO
Damage
of
$200,000
was
done
when
fire
swept
a
combined
business
and
apartment
block
on
Dunr
das
Street.
Six
firemen
were
sent
to
hospital.
TIMBER
NEEDED
VANCOUVER
"The
sky
is
the
limit"
as
far
as
British
requirements
for
lumber
arc
concerned,
says
Sir
Archibald
Harris,
British
lumber
controller,
who
Is
here
seeking
to
buy
lumber.
interest
over
the
next
15
years
when
wo
have
money
in
our
sinking
fund
now,"
lie
said
"During
the
comniissloncrship
tho
city
omitted
$150,000
In
sinking
fund
payments.
The
city
did
not
have
the
money
and
did
not
pay
it."
Alderman
Youngs
moved
that'
finance
committee
be
empowered
to
continue
negotiations
with
the
Minister
of
Finance
for
remission
of
sinking
fund
payments.
Council
agreed,
"I
resent
having
to
pay
$71
WOULD
MAKE
TAXES
FAIR
Minister
of
Finance
Tells
61
Main
Aim
in
Reaching
Tax
Agreements
with
Province
TORONTO,
0)
Hon.
Douglas
Abbott,
minister
of
finance,
said
Monday
night
that
the
Dominion's
first
concern
in
seeking
taxation
agreements
with
the
provinces
was
to
try
and
prevent
hopeless
confusion
such
as
existed
in
tax
fields
prior
to
the
war
The
minister
was
speaking
toe-rore
the
Toronto
Board
of
Trade
Previous
experience
would
in
dicate,
the
minister
said,
that
much
of
the
financial
difficulty
before
1939
was
due
to
large
extent
to
overlapping
and
the
uncertainty
and
unfair
incidence
of
multiplicity
oi
Income
and
corporation
taxes.
Switch
Jam
Wreck
Cause
Deliberation
Seen
In
Fatal
Train
Crash
In
Indiana
Last
Night
WALTON,
Ina.
tf
A
bale
of
fencing
wire
jammed
into
a
switcn
caused
tne
wreck
or
a
man
Judge
and
Banker
Are
Freed
by
Underground
JERUSALEM
(CP)
Gershon
Hish,
spokesman
for
the
Jewish
Agency,
said
today
that
Major,
H.
A.
L.
Collins,
kidnapped
in
his
home
in
Jerusalem
Sunday,
was
released
today.
Later
it
was
announced
that
Judge
Ralph
Windham
had
also
been
released.
A
Jerusalem
newspaper
reported
that
a
note
sent
to
Hebrew
newspapers
promised
the
release
tonight
of
Collins
CCDADATE
DAfTC
and
Judge
Ralph
Wildham,
held
JLlMtXA
I
L
lAl
I
J
as
hostages
for
a
Jew
now
under
DCTTCH
TtmMl!
death
notice
The
note
was
be-
Jtl
IfcK,
YKmt
lieved
sent
by
Irgun
Zvai
Leuml,
ljliiiTf,i
r
iif
mmtant
Jewish
underground
J
J
R
JS
Police
said
the
kidnappers!
OTTAWA
-Prime
Minister
sought
commutation
of
the
sen-'
Mackenzie
King
told
Ontario
tence
of
Dov
Gruner,
condemned
Premier
Drew
today
that'
his
for
an
attack
on
a
police
station
I
reasons
for
dealing
with
the
several
weeks
ago.
The
Jewish
Agency
executive
earlier
today
demanded
"The
release,
Immediate
and
unconditional"
of
Collins
and
Windham,
About
twenty
were
injured,
one
BriUsh
women
and
children
seriously.
It
was
an
eight-car
might
be
removed
from
Pales'
train.
Worst
damage
was
done
tine
to
protect
them
from
ex
to
a
day
coach
which
was
badly
batlersf!.
BRITAIN
HAS
BIG
STORMS
Snow
Drifts
as
High
as
Ten
Feet
Death
and
Destruction
LONDON,
Oj-dreat
Britain
is
digging
out
from
under
unacus-
tomed!
snowdrifts,
some
10
feet
high,
and
more
snow
is
pre
dicted.
Some
Yorkshire
districts
arc
isolated
in
the
souUi
and
fog
Is
adding
to
the
general
dirriculty.
Winds
approaching
gale
velo
Channel.
Four
children
were
drowned
in
Woodcote,
Shropshire,
and
Holport
when
they
broke
through
ice
on
which
they
were
playing.
c
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Exceptionally
cold
air
Res
across
Alaska,
the
Yukon
and
northern
British
Columbia.
Tcjnpcratures
during
tho
night
fell
to
70
below
zero,
at
Snag
and
Mayo
in
the
Yukon.
The
Arctic
air
is
expected
to
move
critVi
wo
rrf
nvpr
thf
pnt.ifP
TiroV-
ren4?t
voilence,
,
He
said
that
the
government
will
continue
to
give
unreserved
support
to
trie
Palestine
civil
and
military
authorities
to
end
the
"reign
of
terrorism."
provinces
individually
on
taxa
tion
agreements
are
now
"stronger
than
ever."
'
In
a
letter
to
Premier
Drew,
the
prime
minister
said:
"Thu3
for
rycirnaHrnr
nrltVi
fha
nrnv.
who
this
week
were
kidnapped
lndMduaUy
has
been
more
18
hours
apart.
!
satisfactory
in
Its
results
to
The
Palestine
government
was
those
provinces
which
have
reliably
reported
to
have
decided
sought
agreement
by
individual
to
impose
statutory
martial
law
negotiation
than
anything
hlth-and
to
suspend
most
services
to-
erto
accomplished
by
a
general
morrow
unless
the
two
Britons
conference."
were
released
unharmed.
The
There
was
no
indication
that
army
ruled
Jerusalem
out
of
the
federal
government
pro-bounds
to
all
military
personnel
poses
to
re-convene
the
Domin-
Pennsvlvanla
Railroad
union
and
restricted
troops
to
"essen-.lon-provinclal
conferenc.
passenger
train
yesterday.
Four
ai
movements.
were
killed
a
locomotive
fire-
In
London,
Colonial
Secretary
and
three
passengers.
Jones
told
Commons
today
that
Blow
Torch
Starts
Fish
Shed
Fire
A
blowtorch
used
to
thaw
out
frozen
water
pipes
was
respon-,
slble
for
a
fire
at
Bacon
Fisher
ies,
Government
Wharf,
at
11:33
this
mornlnyt-A
partition;
Sif
the
fish
shed
was
ignited
but
th
blaze
was
put
out
by
the
city
fire
department
before
appre-
WAR
STREET
DAMAGE
REPARATIONS
"GRANT"
NOT
"COMMITMENT"
Payment"
of
any
money
to
the
ed
to
Mayor
Arnold
in
toy
the
federal
government
ver:
as
compensation
'for
wartime
damage
to
Uie
city's
streets
would
not
be
in
the
nature
of
a
covernment
commitment
but
city
have
been
pounding
coastal
as
all
"ex
gratia"
grant,
accord-
shipping
with
50-mlle
per
Hour
to
federal
Finance
Minister
gusts
cnurnmg
tne
tngiasn
Douglas
Abbott
Mr.
Abbott
made
this
clear
in
a
telegram
to
provincial
Minister
of
Municipalities
R.
C.
MacDonald
replying
to
the
latter's
urgent
request
that
the
federal
treasury
council
speed
up
Its
decision
In
regard
to
meeting.
the
oity's
compensation
claims.
Correspondence
between
the
provincial
and
federal
cabinet
ministers
on
ithe
matter
was
revealed
by
Mayor
Nora.
Arnold
hast
night
in
her
report
to
council
on
the
recent
financial
mission
by
Alderman
Youngs
and
herself
to
Victoria.
After
declining
to
allow
the
city
to
omit
its
sinking
lund
payments
to
meet
the
cost
of
spell
incc
today
with
a
severe
nf
cold
weuther
in
store
for
to
night
and
Wednesday.
A
few
snow
flurries
will
accompany
the
passage
of
the
cold
air
southward
but
generally
skies
will
bo
clear.
.
Forecast
Prince
Rupert.
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
Coast
Clear
today
and
Wednesday,
occasionally
becoming
cloudy
with
wide1
ly
scattered
snow
f
lurries.
North
erly
winds
(15).
Little
change
000
in
interest
when
wc
have
jm
temperature.
Frost
tonight
the
money
ourselves,'
ed
NOTICE
To
permit
children
to
sleigh
ride
safely,
the
following
streets
have
been
declared
closed
to
traffic
between
the
hours
of
4
p.m.
and
6,
p.m.:
TAYLOR
STREET
from
Sixth
Avenue
to
Fulton
Street
ALFRED
STREET
from
Tenth
Avenue
to
Eighth
Avenue1
TENTH
AVENUE
EAST
from
Conrad
Street
to
Bacon
Street
AMBROSE
AVENUE
Central
Section
McCLYMONT
PARK
SECOND
AVENUE
Section
Two
(Westvlew)
SGT.
L.
A.
N.
POTTERTON,
City
Police.
Minimuins
tonight
Port
Hardy.
20;
Massett,
20;
Prince
Rupert,
20.
Maximums
Wednesday
Port
Hardy,
36;
Massett,
32;
Prince
Rupert,
32.
Local
Tides
Wednesday,
January
29,
1947
High
6;01
19.2
feet
.
18:29
16.5
feet
Low
'.
12:34
7.3
feet
F.
Lowe,
charged
under
the
Vagrancy
Act
with
loitering
by
night,
was
acquitted
in
city
police
court
this
morning.
Lowe
was
represented
in
court
by
T.
W.
Brown.
rehabilitating
its
streets,
Muni
cipal
Minister
MacDonald
of-
rered
to
wire
Finance
Minister
Abbott
to
speed
up
a
decision
in
the
city's
claim
for
compensation
against
the
federal
government.
He
wired:
Prince
Rupert
au
thorities
represent
that
joint
armed
forces
committee
has
recommended
compensation
for
road
and.
sewer
damage
on
basis
of
50
per
cent
of
approximately
$300,000.
Could
you
Indicate
if
Dominion
committed
to
carry
out
recommendation?
Mayor
states
roads
hi
such
condition
that
restoration
can
no
longer
,be
delayed.
As
such
condition
direct
result
of
war
activities,
request
that
immediate
action
uppedrs
urgent
and
necessary.
City
has
not
the
funds
necessary
and
cannot
borrow,
result
of
past
financial
situation,
Prince
Rupert
(Refunding
Act,
1935.
Definite
decision
and
reply
urgently
needed
in
public
interest."
Final
Decision
Not
Yet
Made
Federal
Finance
Minister
Abbott's
reply
to
Hon.
Mr.
Mac-Donald's
telegram
was
forward-
'
clable
damage
was
done.
Final
decision
not
made
con
cerning
grant
to
Prince
Rupert
but
will
try
to
have
it
expedited.
Payment,
if
authorized,
would'
be
in
nature
of
ex
gratlo
grant.
There
is
no
commitment."
In
discussion
of
this
phase
of
Mayor
Arnold's
report,'
Alderman
Casey
suggested
that
the
city
endeavor
to
ivt
a.
low
Interest
loan
from
the
Bank
of
Canada
for
street
repairs.
Alderman
Rudderham
agreed.
"The
Walsh
report
recom
mended
that
the
federal
govern
ment
lend
the
balance
of
the
reparations
money
to
us
at
a
lew
rate
of
interest,"
he
declared.
"It
might
be
a
good
idea
to
try
or
It."
Total
damage
estimated
by
the-
Inter-servlce
commission
under
Brigadier
Walsh
In
November,
1945,
was
$351,292.
The
city
is
hoping
to
get
half
of
this
as
a
grant
and
possibly
borrow
the
remainder
at
a
low
interest
rate.
Alderman
Youngs
suggested
that,
before
making
representations
for
a
loan,
the
city
wait
and
see
how
much
it
would
get
as
a
federal
grant.
To
this
the
other
aldermen
ngreed.
BARBER
SHOPS
TO
CLOSE
ALL
DAY
ON
THURSDAY
Prince
Rupert's
barbers,
wha
recently
raised
their
prices
for
tonsorial
attention,
now
plan
to
shorten
their
working
hours.
An
application
by
the
Prince
Rupert
Barbers'
Association
to
keep
their
shops
dosed
all
day
Thursday
was
approved
last
night
by
the
city
council.
The
petition,
signed
by
seven
of
the
city's
eight
barbers,
will
get
Its
legal
status
by
a
bylaw
which
will
be
presented
to
council
in
the
near
future.
Under
provincial
law
if
such
a
petition
is
signed
by
more
than
three-quarters
of
the
members
of
a
particular
class
of
business,
council
may
pass
a
bylaw
granting
their
request.