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"Prince
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Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
PH0IIE81
VOL.
XXXVII,
No.
280.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C.
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER
29,
1948
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
CTol
OF
SUCHOW
APPEARS
IIM1M
)-
Withdrawal
of
250,000
MURDER,
SUICIDE
ON
ONTARIO
FARM
TILLSONBERG,
Ont.,
R
A
V
4
By-Elections
Being
Held
Provincial
Voting
Going
on
Today
in
Kossland-Trail
and
South
Okanagan
VICTORIA.
Kf,
Policies
of
farm
laborer
shot
and
killed
his
former
employer,
critically
CANADIANS
TAKE
HONORS'
CHICAGO
Canada
captured
three
kingships
wheat,
oats
and
soy
beans
on
Sunday
as
the
famed
National
Troops
Ordered
NANKING
(CP)
Critical
battle
for
Central
China
appeared
today
to
be
shifting
from
Suchow
to
the
approaches
of
this
capital.
Two
hundred
and
fifty
thousand
Nationalist
troops
'
at
Suchow
have
been
ordered
to
withdraw
southward
to
engage
main
communist
forces.
The
entire
battle
for
Suchow
may
wounding
the
hitler's
wife,
then
committed
suicide
in
Tillson-
berg
hospital
after
driving
the
HER
CASE
IS
NOT
SO
GOOD
"Sympathetic
Rearing''
is
About
All
Madame
Chiang
May
Receive
WASHINGTON,
D.C..
ftMad-ame
Chiang
Kai-Shek's
arrival
here
this
ween
is
expected
to
touch
oil
a
drive
for
United
States
aid
to
China's
Nationalists.
Authoritative
Informants
say,
however,
that,
while
Madame
Chiang
will
be
shown
'
"every
courtesy."
it
is
made
clear
that
there
is
little
sympathy
for
her
official
mission.
This
attitude
is
shown
in
the
'hands
off"
policy
of
the
Department
of
State.
rrr4Tlr
JfKPnh
wounded
at'dii
.o
Uiat
Institution
early
Sunday,
police
said,.
Dead
are
Bruno
Gudavich,
48,
depend
upon
the
ability
of
the
,,,
CNR.
maintcn-,an,
who
will
be
Iriatc
fur
Skccna
in
provincial
election,
:on.
E.
T.
Kenney,
lands
and
forests,
aii
home
at
Houses
working
hcad-;
Barrett.
Otterville
farmer
and
John
Mat-ulcvictus,
employed
on
the
farm
where
Gudavieli
was
a
share
grower.
Mrs.
Gudavich,
27,
was
struck
by
three
bullets
and
is
in
critical
condition.
Police
said
the
shooting
followed
an
argument.
Premier
Byron
Johnson
and
his
Liberal
-
Progresslve-Conserva-j
tive
coalition
government
arej
under
the
eye
of
the
electorate
today
as
voters
cast
ballots
In
two
by-elections
Rossland-Trail
and
South
Okanagan.
It
Is
a
straight
fight
between
Coalition
and
C.C.F.
In
both
constituencies.
'
In
Rossland-Trail
Alexander
D.
Tumbull
is
Coalttlon
candidate,
opposed
by
James
Quinn
C.C.F.
Bruce
Woodsworth,
son
of
J.
S.
Woodsworth,
founder
of
the
C.C.r.
party,
is
C.C.F.
nominee
in
South
Okanagan.
He
is
opposed
by
Robert
Brown-Clayton.
Nearly
230,000
voters
ate
eligible
in
the
two
constituencies
to
cast
ballots.
FEDERATION
III
EUROPE
Proposal
Along
Very
Cautious
Lines
is
Made
Public
LONDON,
0)
Text
of
the
memorandum
on
a
European
movement,
representing
five
principal
international
bodies
which
are
working
towards
a
united
Europe,
has
been
released
in
London.
It
is
to
be
submitted
to
a
meeting
in
Paris.
The
memorandum
redefines
a
"limited
but
immediately
real-izeable
proposal"
for
a
Euro
e
Boy
In
Ottawa
To
Receive
Suchow
garrison
to
make
withdrawal.
The
Reds
are
concentrating
In
the
areas
of
Suhslen
and
Peng-pu,
rail
cities
of
Nanking's
approaches.
No
indication
of
the
Nationalist
withdrawal
order
has
been
carried
out
yet
although
it
was
made
several
days
ago.
Planes,
taking
in
supplies,
are
bringing
out
wounded.
The
withdrawal
order
was
later
confirmed
but
Suchow
commanders
are
reluctant
to
leave
munitions
and
supplies
stockpiled
therein
during
the
past
several
months.
If
the
commanders
ignore
the
orders,
the
Reds
are
expected
to
free
main
forces
to
polish
of!
smaller
units
one
by
one
and
attack
Suchow
when
ready.
International
Grain
and
Hay
Show
rolled
into
full
1
stride.
Scoring
over
100
entries
from
the
best
American
and
Canadian
wheat
lands,
Sidney
John
All-sop
of
Red
Deer
won
the
coveted
title
of
wheat
king
to
become
thre'e
times
winner
in
the.
great
Mid-West
competition
and
add
a
new
crown
to
his
world
wheat
championship
won
at
Ontario's
Royal
Winter
Fair.
.
BIG
VANCOUVER
FIRE
t
VANCOUVER
A
spectacular
three-alarm
fire
early
Sunday,
raced
through
the
John
F.
Sigurdson
Millwork
Co.
plant
in
Vancouver's
False
Creek
industrial
area.
It
destroyed
$150,000
worth
of
high
grade
lumber
and
paint.
Lt.
Walter
Carfrier
was
one
of
ten
firemen
injured.
He
was
dragged
unconscious
from
burning
wreckage.
LONGSHOREMEN
-WORKING
NEW
YORK
This
East
Coast
-port
was
active
today
after
an
18-day
strike
oT
longshoremen.
Two
thousand
two
hundred
men
reported
for
work
Sunday.
Joseph
P.
Ryan,
president
of
the
International
Longshoremen's
Association
(A.F.L.),
predicts
"peace
along
the
waterfront
for
a
long
time
to
come."
(On
the
West
Coast
voting
on
a
new
agreement
between
operators
and
union
is
proceeding
wjth
some
jurisdictional
complications).
imurc
uy
uovernor-iieneral
E
-
U'tt'
Clifford
left
on
Wednesday
evening
for
re
lie
will
be
invested
by
the
Governor
General
of
h
the
Silver
Cross,
the
highest
award
for
bravery.
'
cd
this
award
in
September,
1947,
when
he
rescued.
Developing
Iron
Ore
In
Labrador
MONTREAL
Leslie
Roberts,
author,
says
extensive
operations
are
now
going
on
in
Labrador
where
iron
ore
it
is
expected,
will
replace
the
diminishing
ores
or
the
Mcsabi
and
other
lke
Superior
iron
ranges.
Expectation
is
that
by
1953
there
will
be
shipped
m
mini
,.r
old
Di'iincr,
jumy.
from
the
flames
of
thoir
hum.
3.11y
died
irom
shock
a
few
hours
later
in
the
Prince
pean
Assembly
by
stating
that
it
should
be
made
clear
it
"is
not
a
federal
Parliament
nor
even
a
constituent
or
pre-con
constituent
assembly
and
pos
?ral
Hospital
and
Roy
spent
many
weeks
in
the
hos-l
plastic
treatment
In
Vancouver,
car
old
lad
arrived
in
Ottawa
today
and
was
met
oa
private
home
where
there
is
a
youth
of
his
own
him
around
the
capital
city.
All
his
expenses
are
vitiiic
will
take
place
at
the
Government
House
on
ANONYMOUS
BEAUTY
MELBOURNE,
Australia,
Tr
A
"Miss
Terry"-was
an
unknown
factor
in
the
'Miss
University'
contest
at
Melboum
University
Girl
contestants
were
nonplussed
when
"Miss
Terry"
made
her
appearance
and
was
revealed
as
the
Trinity
College
cow.
sesses
no
legislation
or
con
Chiang's
Twelfth
Army
groups
are
encircled
by
the
Reds
about
twelve
miles
south
of
Suhsien.
mum
of
ten
million
tons
of
ore
a
year.
The
statement
Is
made
that
the
field
is
so
rich
that
prospectors
pass
by
all
deposits
with
less
than
55
per
cent
iron
!
content.
stitution-making
powers."
The
memorandum
gives
back
ing
of
the
European
movement
to
the
British
government
pro
UNION
ENTERS
posal
for
Immediate
creation
of
council
of
minis-
a
European
ters.
4
Em
HEW
AGREEMENT
WITH
COMPANY
jUDBg
U.N.
ASKS
FOR
KING
GEORGE'S
1
.
.t
-1
A
new
agreement,
which
pro-
.
vides
for
basic
wage
increases
of
15
cents
an
hour,
plus
a
one-cent
an
hour
cost
of
living
bonus,
pegged
to
the
national
living
cost
index,
was
signed
at
the
week-end
between
Northwest
Construction
Co.
and
the
Prince
Rupert
local
of
the
International
Hod
Carriers,
Building
and
Common
Laborers'
SEPARATE
ORGANIZATION
FOR
ELECTION
IS
URGED
HARRISON
HOT
SPRINGS
(CP)
Termination
of
British
Columbia's
LiberaJ-Progressive-Conserva-tive
coalition
was
unanimously
approved
by
the
British
Columbia
Young
Liberal
Association
at
the
closing
session
of
the
first
annual
two-day
conven
ARAB-WITHDRAWAL
-.
PARIS,
W
The
'
United
Nations
political
committee
voted
today
to
take
up
the
question
of
withdrawal
of
foreign
troops
(Arab,
and
military
personnel
from
Palestine.
They
voted
22
to
16
to
take
up
this
provision
contained
in
the
Polish
and
Russian
resolutions.
Britain
and
the
United
States
joined
with
Russia
in
voting
for
the
proposal.
Six
countries
abstained.
UTILITIES
AND
r
v
,i
a
i
I
'
'
u
'
'i-
-T
Union.
tion
Saturday.
The
document
was
a
-
revisal
of
an
original
agreement
sign
ed
a
year
ago
and
brings
com
HEALTH
BETTER
LONDON,
O;
Doctors
today
reported
an
improvement
in
the
health
of
the
King.
A
week
ago,
His
Majesty
cancelled
public
engagements
because
of
an
arterial
ailment
affecting
his
legs.
A
bulletin
issued
by
the
five
doctors
attending
him
said:
"As
a
result
of
relief
from
walking,
standing
and
fatigue,
an
Improvement
in
health
is
apparen.t
This
is
an
important
factor
in
re-establishing
circulation
in
his
feet,
which
also
is
being
encouraged
by
medicinal
and
physical
measures.
Restoration
of
circulation
will
be
a
slow
process,
extending
over
a
period
of
months."
pany
employees
to
a
wage
level
standard
for
the
Vancouver-
New
Westminster
area.
COMMUNICATIONS
Young
Liberals
Opposed
by
Close
Vote
to
Public
Ownership
,
.
'
VANCOUVER
ffj
The
British
Columbia
Young
Liberal
Association,
in
convention
here,
voted
down
a
public
ownership
resolution.
It
called
for
public
own
LOCAL
TIDES
iilNEf'lT-Wlien
John
Ross
Robertson,
founder
of
the
Toronto
Telegram,
died
in
''pn'ated
in
his
will
that
his
estate
should
go
to
Uie
Hospital
for
Sick
Children,
'r
maintenance
of
that
institution.
Terms
of
his
will
were
such
that
the
paper
tt
offered
for
sale
until
the
death
of
his
widow.
Now
the
trustees
have
sold
the
$3.0
lO.ooo.
Proceeds
of
the
sale
will
be
added
to
the
estate
and
the
entire
amount
"
to
the
hospital.
Under
construction
at
present
is
the
new
600-bcd
building
to
present
inadequate
facilities.
An
archltct's
scale
model
of
the
new
hospital,
to
cost
The
new
pact
raise
the
wage
scale
for
common
and
building
labor
from
90
cents
and
$1
to
$1.10.
Jackhammer
men
and
breakermen
now
jeceive
$1.30
an
hour
as
compared
with
$1.15
formerly
while
powdermen
receive
$1.45
as
against
$1.30
under
the
old
agreement
and
rock
foremen
now
get
$1.55
as
against
$1.40
before.
In
addition,
the
agreenmit
contains
a
clause
wherein
the
official
cost-of-living
index
is
to
be
revised
every
six
months
after
August
I,
1948,
and
the
rate
of
wages
adjusted
upwards
or
downwards
at
the.
rate
of
five
cents
for
each
five
points
fluctuation.
The
agreement
was
signed
by
A.
B.
Love
and
B.
J.
Smlthsdn
ership
In
British
Columbia
of
all
"natural"
monopolies
such
as
Tuesday,
High
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Rain
was
falling
over
the
coast
this
morning
ahead
of
another
active
storm
approaching
from
the
west.
This
gtorm
is
expected
to
cross
Mie
coast
tonight
bringing
snow
to
the
interior.
Strong
southerly
winds
ahead
of
the
storm
will
shift
to
northwest
behind
the
storm,
accompanied
by
clearing
conditions
in
most
sections.
Forecast
Queen
Charlottes
and
North
ern
Coast
Cloudy
with
intermittent
light
rains
this
morning.
Rain
this
afternoon
and
evening,
becoming
cloudy
with
scattered
showers
on
Tuesday.
Winds
southerly
(30
m.p.h.),
increasing
to
southeasterly
(45)
this
afternoon
ana
evening
and
shifting
to
westerly
(30
about
midnight.
Winds
westerly
(25)
Tuesday.
Milder.
Lows
tonight,
and
highs
tomorrow
A
I
Port
Hardy
38
and
44,
Massett
36
and
40,
Prince
Rupert
37
and
43.
Northern
B.C.
overcast
wiln
Intermittent
light
snow
today.
Cloudy
tomorrow.
Winds
light,
continuing
cold.
Lows
tonight
and
highs
tomorrow
At
Telegraph
Creek
16
and
minus
2.
In
the
debate
on
coalition,
speaker
after
speaker
urged
immediate
Liberal
organization
for
the
next
election
in
every
constituency.
The
convention
also
urged
the
repeal
of
the
provincial
three
percent
sales
tax
"as
soon
as
federal
funds
are
available
to
replace
funds
now
being
derived
from
the
sales
tax."
Tlic
resolution
anticipated
that
"further
federal
funds
would
be
forthcoming
under
Dominion-provincial
agreements.
The
Association
also
asked
extension
of
the
franchise
to
"all
classes
of
citizens
to
whom
it
is
now
denied
"and
supported
adoption
of
the
single
transferable
vote
In
federal
and
provincial
elections."
NEVER
SAY
DIE
SYDNEY,
Australia
Qi
A
citizen
of
91
had
just
been
nominated
for
membership
in
Uie
Australian
Jockey
Club.
When
it
was
.explained
to
him
that
there
were
700
ahead
of
him
on
the
waiting
list,
and
he
would
probably
have
to
wait
several
years,
h
esaid:
"That's
all
right,
I
can
wait."
utilities
and
communications.
After
a
tie
vote
a
later
roll
call
November
30,
1948
0:59
20.0
feel
12:41
23.0
feet
6:40
6.9
feet.
19:23
1.3
feet
'cd
$7,500,000.
is
shown
here.
Although
the
estate
will
not
help
to
build
this
omui-
Low
poll
resulted
In
a
couht
of
27
to
CP
Plioot)
;1
be
used
for
Its
maintenance.
24
against
the
resolution.
m
SNUB
RAY
ATHERTON
men
In
blue,
neglecting
to
make
the
stay
of
the
ratings,
pleasant
or
amusing
in
the
slightest
de
::
TODAYS
STOCKS
::
Courtesy
6.
D.
Johnston
Co.
I
Id.
Mnmt..,Kl
'
l
ItrrrptiiMi
Bobjo
.13
tnvoy
for
the
union
and
Nell
G.
Kingston
and
G.
A.
Martin
for
the
company.
At
present
the
agreement
coversbout
20
employees.
gree.
There
are
about
3,000
officers
and
men
in
town,
and
when
they
obtain
shore
leave,
the
expected
means
of
entertainment
cannot
be
found.
Halifax,
Admiral
Mainguy
suggested,
might
try
to
be
more
friendly,
The
Trouble
With
Halifax
The
agreement
was
negotiat
ed
by
William
James,
consult
ant
and
conciliator
for
the
One
need
go
no
further
than
while
naval
officers
could
be
less
"rK
for
five
years
,t('s
itnibassador
to
;"J
x'iit
a
few
days
,"'"'rt
during
the
war
V,B
hs
an
Hltcrnat'
S
ddcRatc
to
the
meeijnij
in
Paris.
'
a
farewell
given
"jm"
not
long
ago
l'rrsentallon
of
a
rrlnce
Rupert
to
discover
that
agent.
Mr.
James
left
for
his
headquarters
in
Vancouver
by
plane
today.
exclusive
and
high-hatted.
It
is
a
standard
pact
which
between
the
average
service
man
and
the
iort
of
Halifax,
there
exists
a
feeling
that
cannot
be
described
as
friendly.
It's
been
there
for
years,
jer-
has
been
entered
into
by
130
other
companies
and
some
5,000
laborers
throughout
the
prov
fr
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Local
Company
Is
Incorporated
Project
At
Prince
Rupert
s
Contemplated
Inrornoratl'in
of
the
Charles
M.
Hays
Hotel
Corporation
Ltd.
haps
as
long
ago
as
the
days
of
ince.
In
place
of
k
former
rigid
the
First
Oreat
War.
The
fact
of
this
attitude-
and
it
Is
not
one-sided
having
come
t'
the
"Union
shop"
clause,
the
con
Is
announced
in
the
latest
edition
of
the
B.C.
Gazette.
The
com
Vancouver
Bralorne
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R.
Con.
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Wihksne
04
Hedley
Mascot
30
Pend
Oreille
5.95
Pioneer
2.63
Premier
Border
,
03
Privateer
15
Reeves
McDonald
3.15
Reno
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06
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Salmon
Gold
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Sheep
Creek
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Bridge
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River
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03
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Hedley
Amalg
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Valley
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Zeballos
01
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Premier
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Oils
,
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P.
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Calmont
55
C.
&
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6.25
Foothills
..."
3.60
Home
13.25
Okalta
!
'
1.85
Toronto.
Athona
.14
Aumaque
15
Beattie
.44
Bevcourt
22
an
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the
Diplomatic
Cl"itiiining
the
names
'
missions.
The
Rus-at,
fittawa
iifglect-"wlcdKe
the
lnvtta-fwcptioii.
Mr-
Atlirrton'B
visit
H'kp
at
a
lamelv
at-
point
that
lt
has,
prompted
Ad-
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Buffalo
Canadian
12
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Smelters
126.00
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1.31
Donalda
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Eldona
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East
Sullivan
3.05
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YeUowknife
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Long
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Lake
2.23
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Red
Lake
....
.33
McLeod
Cockshutt
75
Moneta
.40
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2.10
Noranda
55.25
Louvlcourt
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Crow
1.97
Regcourt
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Antonio
3
45
Senator
Rouyn
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mlral
E.
R.
Mainguy.
O.B.E.,
not
long
ago,
when
speaking
in
Halifax,
to
hiake
candid
reference
to
MILLIONS
LOOK
FOR
TELEPHONES
SAVANNAH,
Ga.
Should
one
still
be
trying
to
get
a
telephone
It
Is
hot
necessary
to
feel
lonely.
Two
million
are
iu
the
same
boat.
A.
J.
Zimmerman
says
the
National
Association
of
Railroad
and
Utilities
Commissioners
report
the
telephone
companies
have
a
backlog
of
thai
many
orders
for
service.
Subscribers
in
the
United
States
are
now
making
154,000,000
calls
a
day
which
is
an
Increase
of
45,-000,000
a
day-since
the
end
of
the
war.
'"lOH
at
I
hn
II
H
...111.
tract
now
contains
a
"union
preference"
stipulation,
under
which
the
company
agrees
to
give
preference
to
union
men
In
the
matter
of
employment.
New
officers
of
the
union,
elected
at
the
week-end,
are:
President,
A.
B.
Love.
Vice-Presidenw
M.
Beaton.
Secretary
-
Treasurer,
B.
J.
Smithson.
Executive
J.
R.
Cross,
J.
May
er
and
J.
Stewart.
Wwiers
in
Roosevelt
an
unfortunate
situation,
and
which
drew
some
comment
fro:n
the
Chronicle.
The
Navy,
Admiral
Mainguy
admitted,
was
not
blamelesa.
New
entries,
he
said,
most
of
them
under
21,
come
to
the
port
with
their
minds
already
prejudiced
against
it.
pany
Is
capitalized
at
2,000,000
shares
of
no
par
value.
.
Incorporation
of
the
company
lends
support
to
current
suggestions
that
alarge,
modem
hotel
is
being
planned
for
this
city.
Recently,
architects'
sketches
for
&ich
a
building
were
brought
here.
Accord
ing
to
the
plan
s,
the
building
may
be
an
11-storey
structure
situated
o:
the
site
oriRlnally
intended
for
the
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
hotel
at
the
waterfront
end
of
Fifth
Street.
The
building,
as
outlined
In
preliminary
sketches,
would
contain
about
150
modem
rooms,
as
well
as
dining
room,
beer
parlor
and
ballroom.
Objects
of
the
company
are
listed
as
"to
carry
on
the
hotel
business
in
all
its
branches."
'
Names
of
any
of
the
principals
Involved
were
not
given.
The
company
is
named
after
Sir
Charles
M.
Hays,
Grand
Trunk
Pacific
Railway
president
In
the
early
part
of
the
century
who
was
responsible
for
the
founding
of
Prince
Rupert.
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,an
Sweden.
While
They
live
in
barracks,
rarel
seeing
the
more
desirable
parts
POPULOUS
CITIES
One-third
of
all
the
people
in
Australia
live
in
Sydney
and
Melbourne.
S
yeur
re-W
2
tons
because
of
frrlcon8.
the
figure
d,r
a
3,500
tons.
SWEET
TOOTH
Canada
uses
more
than
3,-500,000
pounds
of
sugar
daily.
of
the
city.
On
the
other
hand,
the
city
appeared
to
Ignore
the