Azvt British Meat Contract Sends m n oneyrorru.Diic fl n n Cenedian Prices to New Levels New and higher prices paid by the British market ror Canadian livestock brought an increased pressure im Canadian wage earners' pocketbooks Monday as prices on pork products, beef and cheese took sharp jumps. In Prince Rupert, bacon jumped from 85 cents to W V i Works -ana nioysoin) l w "AUSTERITY" TO BE REMOVED REGIMENTING OF MANPOWER Ottawa Cabinet Now Preparing Estimates tl a pound retail while other j aork products increase! accordingly. Beef cuts rose bptwppn Ihree and seven cents a pound jnd cheese went up three cents a pound wholesale. This general lncrea.se in meat, previously an Important factor in the Canadian living cost, is credited a a direct result of higher price paid by the United Kingdom (lor Canadian meat products. ' Under the new contract the Government Not Anxious To Retain Restriction, Says Abbott MONTREAL ff-Finance Minuter Douglas Abbott, In Canada's dollar saving with its restrictions on im- LONDON 9' Street traders,! itinerant musicians, shoeblacks! and flower girls began to re-j port to labor offices throughout' Britain yesterday under the government's registration for; employment order destined to guide the work-shy into in-j PREPARATION OF BUDGET IS ALREADY RESULTING IN . SPECULATION OTTAWA (CP) This is "estimate time" for the navlii" I Prt-S. said that no government British mark.H is now dustry. The order affects men under fifty years of age and ; cabinet. ' It now is coping with its annual task of pre- Bonds Are' Off Quote OFFICIAL STATEMENT OTTAWA (f Graham Towers, governor of the Bank of Canada, in a statement last night, officially announced that the bank had discontinued the practice of quoting daily price on Dominion of Canada bonds but said the bank would continue to be both buyer and seller in the market In response to firm bids or bond offerings from dealers and banks. He pointed out that the change "constituted a return to the procedure followed by the bank prior to the war.' A bank spokesman said the move would put the Bank of Canada in a ''better trading position." He said that the move was also prompted by speculation in bonds which were "getting too far afield." paring estimates of the amount of money the govern women under fifty. They have one week in which to register. Otherwise they may be fined or Imprisoned. CHARGES ADMINISTRATION WITH "PLAYING POLITICS" 0. S. House majority leader Charles Halleck (R.i of Indiana ' right i charged that President Harry Truman is ' playing politics" with both European relief and high prices at home. Halleck, shown with Rep. Clarence J. Brown 1R.1 of Ohio (lefti, declared during debate on the stop-gap foreign aid bill that the Democratic administration has "terribly mismanaged the foreign affairs of the nation." ment will ask Parliament to vote for the coming fiscal year, starting next April 1. The complicated job is to be completed within the next few weeks for the ' eight cents to ten cents more for pork products and three cents a pound for beef. Live hogs have increased five cents a Dound. thus relieving the pressure on the farmers who have been squeezed since the government drooped the ceillm? prices on coarse grains last October. Feed grain prices soared while market trrices for livestock re-jinalued static until the present 'boost. decision had ever been made with greater reluctance. In an address here, Mr. Abbott said that the economy restrictions would be removed at the "earliest possible moment.'' If Canada had received cash for goods she had exported to needy countries since the war, no dollar saving would have been necessary, said Mr. Abbott. Canada could have no full prosperity until equilibrium had been restored to Europe and particularly as between Europe and America. estimates likely will be present ed to parliament shortly after Die Many ONTARIO TOWN HAS BIG FIRE ELMIRA (! Fire today gutted six business establishments, a dental office, two apartments and the quarters of two fraternal organiztions. The loss Is Ski Palestine Strong Coalition Held Essential For Province Conservative Leader Herbert Anscomb Local reaction to the Increases was a chorus of buyers' groans accompanied bv sympathetic the session resumes January 28. The estimates always provide surpluses and a feature this year will be the amount the government Intends to devote to public works and housing. ' Public works expenditures usually give broad Indications of tiie government's private estl-"mate of economic trends. If the government thinks there may be a business recession coming along, the funds It is asking for public works may give the tip off. Tighting Rr aches Serious Proportions In Jerusalem And Haifa estimated at $100,000. Twelve persons have been rendered homeless. JERUSALEM - There have MAYOR NAMES COMMITTEES Aid. Black heads Finance; McKay, Board of Works; Nickerson, I'tilities te'n, 23 known deaths in Pales-since Sunday and there TORONTO l The Bank of Canada yesterday withdrew Its daily quotations on Dominion government bonds and the market in securities was carried on in the financial centres at nom Sees It As Instrument to Counter Communism and Socialism Looks to North VICTORIA Strong coalition of the Conservative fomments on the part of meat retailers. k "If everybody quit buying meat for a while, prices would drop." said one daring butcher "I hate to have to charge prices .like that." A samole of the effect, of the rincreascs on local pocket-book" .1a shown In the following com-(parative. prices, effective In one loral ahop: Bacon 85 cents to Si- COUNCIL ELECTS REVISION COURT Aldermen Arthur Brooksbank, m;ay have been many more as bloody warfare between Jews; e-.i5d Arabs continued. Two of the inal quotation basis with no and LiTieral parties is a vital necessity in the government of Hritish Columbia during such times as those nown dead were Jews and 21 clear prices established T. B. Black, G. B. Casey, W. F. i i .-j'aos. City council's standing committees for 1948. as well as civic representatives on other boards and committees, were appointed last night by Mayor Arnold Stone and Robert McKay were Nominal quotations showed Icng-terra bonds off about $2.50 and niedy.m term, $1.50 to. $1.75. The development, it was that are now being passed through and it was for this reason that the Progressive-Conservative party again submerged political considerations and decided to Join with the Liberals under the- In Jerusalem there was close fighting as 1500 Jews were besieged by Arabs. chosen by city council last night to constitute the, 13 Court,- el ReVision to hear appeals against Once the stamp of approval has been put on the estimates, Finance Minister Abbott likely will begin preparation of the burtyt - for One, ; I94H-49 fiscal year. In the 1947-48 budget, the tax reductions were confined practically exclusively to the income tax field. The wide range of excise or "hidden" taxes were left untouched and drew wide- The Semiramis Hotel was at the opening meeting ol me 1948 council. The following committee members and representatives were named: Finance committee -Alderman thought in some quarters, may be the current year's property as-part of a ntov-1 towards higher sessment. The court will appoint interest rates for money. I its own chairman. new Premiership. Minister 01 , mr Finance Herbert Anscomb de- f Fork tenderloin. f5 cents !o BOc. Spare ribs, 3" c to 45c. 'J Pork ehons 50c to 57c Beef price-. Mmilarlv. luivr ' pone up between five and seven - cents a pound. dared in an address to the uiown up with five persons dead ?i.nd four others feared buried k-n debris. A Scottish regiment has endeavored to stop the fighting. Tn Haifa hparlniifl rt.prs af t.hp T. B Black, chairman; Alder-j people of British Columbia last) men A. S. Nickerson. Alderman night. i W. F. Stone. a. leader or Conservative j Board of Works Alderman in llljs proVince. Mr.j Arab Nationalist Committee, "t""" m... wnen Mr. Abbott, announced YEAR OF MUCH ACTIVITY AND ACCOMPLISHMENT BY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IS REVIEWED Anscomb said it had fallen to1 Deal Is Still r:?re blown up by the Stern 3ar!g, the Jews being disguised its Arabs. Fifteen Arabs were reported killed with many injured him during the last three weeks or so to assume a very great responsibility. "I am convinced that had I the income tax changes, which he estims'.sd would mean re-, auctions of about 29 per cent to the average taxpayer, he had behind him a fiscal year in which a surplus of $352,000,000 was built up. Robert McKay, chairman; Alderman O. B. Casey. Alderman George Ruddcrham, Alderman J It. Morin. Utilities committee Alderman A S. Nickerson, chairman; Alderman T. B. Black, Alderman Robert McKay. Health. Police. Social Assist "As the city and port of Prince Rupert paste l through a year which opened up a new vista of in-.-! High Speed Planes hanging Fire' Still "hanging lire" after more than a year now was the word that y&8 received "from War As-vaets Corpora tijr. In Montreal to-,.J4J Uk-lfpr. to Inquiries made .. as to the disposition tf former not accepted that responsibility I ' in the way I have done the whole future history economically and uu.-iriai uevejupineiiL ior community aim insurer., j X 1 1 otherwise of this great prov Are Being Tested Out WASHINGTON, DC. To try 1948 was marked by an amount of activity and accomplishment in keeping matters of local interest i.w.rt mini-it li'ivn hpnn nav i ance and Licensing committee-Alderman Arthur Brooksbank, chairman: Alderman J. R. i-and importance to the fore and obtaining a grati-,out tticai operations of high lint nut,". .... - - v would h a v n oeen changed. Changed, not for good, but for fvin. .mrm fa,m-oM SuvcO Uiailt Ia 1UI Illa I evil. Today the great mass of : ' tion and attention in regard to had been stimulated by a few Miir nnnnlp think Ulld SUUPOlt RESCUE IS EFFECTED Thirteen Castaways Taken Safely to Kodiak From Icy Alaska Peninsula KODIAK, Alaska ffi All 13 persons who had been marooned for days In near-zero weather HON. HERBERT ANSCOMB Coalitionist first and Conservative second. tion in the Arctic, a fighter squadron has commenced a six months' training period at Ladd Field, Alaska. The airmen will experience temperatures ranging down to 65 degrees below zero. Morin; Alderman W. F. Stone. Pioneers' Home committee' Alderman Arthur Brooksbank. Alderman J. R. Morin, Alderman W. F. Stone, W. G. Shear-down, Eric aure. Wage rommittee Alderman T. B. Black, Alderman Robert McKay. Alderman A. S. Nickerson, Alderman Arthur Brooksbank. Clift Ford Account trustees-Mayor Arnold, City Clerk H. D. Thain, Alderman Arthur many oi same., saio tne repon of president for 1947, O. A. Hunter, at the annual meeting of the Prince Rupert Chamber of Commerce last night. "It was a year of great importance and encouragement for Prince Ruocrt and marked a turning point from the phase o an easy-going small town which "United States water.voiH instal-: latlona here following refusal of - War Assets to renew the agreement of sale held by Kenneth rtMeek of Calgary which was to have been completed by Decem-f ber 31 with the payment of a '. balance of $225,000. There was no information 4 available as to whether Mr Meek had made the final pay-- ment or If the Installations had r- lapsed back to the crown. u The Prince Rupert Chamber ,of Commerce and the city have A-been watching the situation with close Interest, their con- thought, which run all the way from complete and undisguised totalitarianism to the less violent forms which merely advo- i Continued on Page Pour years of artificial war boom towards wha, may become within the course of the next few years a developing metropolis of Industry, trad'1 and travel, commanding an ever - increasing amount of national and inter national Interest. I think it is fair to concede that during this period of changing post-wa: times, your Chamber has con tinned ta play a useful and prof, itablc role." Appreciative acknowledgement was voiced in the reoort of the measure of support and co-opci-ation which was accorded the the Conservative rariy s view ui -free enterprise. With that view, I am, of course, in complete accord and it was in order to perpetuate that view land for no other reason whatever i that I have acted as I have in the recent political crisis. In the light of events that have now passed and fully cognizant of all the circumstances surrounding them I could quite easily have taken the political view of Party first-province second-but we, as Conservatives, representing a great Party have a much greater responsi COUNCIL SETS INDEMNITIES OOCH309OUQ aOJW CKS-OOO 0HOrKKHKtKH0KK3 Oy0 :: TODAY'S STOCKS :: Courtesy S. D. Johncton Co. Ltd. Library Board Alderman A. S. Nickreson, Mrs. A. Flaten, Mrs. M. Roper, J. S. Wilson, feern being that the installations on an Icy point on the Alaska Peninsula were saved yesterday by the United States Navy and Coastguard as winds of gale force and towering seas subsided to permit th rescue, , Ten of the frost-bitten and weather-weakened survivors were passengers and crew from the wrecked cannery tender Spencer which ''smashed Into rocks opposite Kodiak Island on New Year's Eve and broke up in pounding swells. The other three taken off the bleak point were volunteer rescuers from the Navy tug Mataco. -should be retained for use a Annuai indemnifies of $1,200 lor Mayor Arnold and $300 each ior the city's eiht aldermen were set last night at the first meeting of the 1948 city council. Chamber in jts work during the Bruce Stevens, Mrs. B. S. Prock-tcr. Parks Board- C. P. Balagno Alderman Robert McKay, Alderman George Rudderham. Alder far as possible rather than be uermitted to be demolished. Inquiry by the Dally News tAn ) War Assets brought the rely r "We will know as soon as jtieclslon Is made," suggesting Uhat a final decision had not 'yet fc;en reached. year from many quarters. Espe - j The indemnities are the same as cial tribute was paid to the sec- I received last year by the mayot retary E. T. Applewhaite. This j and aldermen. Chamber can most certainly con- j Mayor Arnold dclined to accept eratulate it.se"f on possessing an $2,000 for her year's service, as bility than that and that is to do what we think is right and proper In the interest of all the people of British Columbia first and secondly what is best for our Party. "With our new premier, I be suggested by Alderman Rudder Buffalo Canadian 14 Consol. Smelters 97.00 Conwest 90 Donalda 90 ADD STOCKS t Eldona 80 Elder 79 Giant Yellowknife 5.95 God's Lake 92 Hardrock 30 M Harricana 07 Heva 22 Hosco 39 Jaekiufe .06 Jutiet Quebec 42 Vancouver Bralornc 10-25 B. R. X -03 Cariboo Quartz 2.50 Dentonia 15" i Hcdley Mascot .00 Minto 02i'2 Pend Oriel!; U Pioneer 3.30 Premier Border .... 04:,i Privatter 31 Reeves McDonald 125 Reno 11 Salmon Gold 21 'i Sheep Creek 102 Vananda 20 lieve and think you believe also, that coalition represents the official of the calibre and quality .if Mr. Applewhaite," said the retiring president. "But accomplishment can only be obtained by application of united, concentrated and enthusiasts effort and here I must ack man J. R. Morin, Don Forward. P. P. Forman, W. D. Laifibie,, City Engineer C. B. Howe, Alderman G. B. Casey. Civic Centre representatives Alderman Robert McKay, Alderman W. F. Stone. Hospital Board representative Alderman J. R. Morin. Museum Board Mayor Arnold. Industrial Relations committee Alderman George ham. declaring herself willing to accept $1,200 because ."this year we are going to be up against a big proposition" in the way of financing needed projects. "I'm going to write this off to public service," Mayor Arnold -VANCOUVER PLU MISSING i VANC. JJVER 9 Scare It They had struggled to shore through raging surf after their small boat overturned in a daring attempt to reach the castaways Saturday night. The Mataco and the cutter Clover headed at full speed for Kodiak with the survivors and were expected to reach here at noon today. strongest possible form of government for British Columbia. 1 make that statement from the nowledge the fine services of ex ecutive and committee members ! said. "I am willing to stay with knowledge of long experience in matters political. I am and always have been an advocate of pliant wte still out today in a I aunt for m L. Davidson, aged . S2, bellee4 to be a Royal Can-1 'idlan Air Force veteran, who has $1,200 a year." Council then passed the $1,200 for the mayor and $300 for themselves unanimously. Public Relations commiuee the party system in Canadian politics, but there are times' when a strong coalition of . two) whose willingness, energy a tic judgment contributed so mt'.ch to the miru:t of our efforts And representations to successful i i-n.ination." (Continued on Page Six) en missing since he took oM j A,dermun Artnur Brooksbank """j oit.ciir.iun ironi an uu-j krt In an !l-metal, single lned air couoe CF-EXX. He j Prinoe Rupert Health Unit-Alderman Arthur Brooksbank, Alderman J. R. Morin, Alderman W. F. Stone. Congress . Pacific Eastern Spud Valley Central Zcballos - Sijbak Premier . Oils A. P. Con Calmont C. & E Foothills Home Prince RuDert Is Canada's Warmest NEW FISH PLANT AT PORT ALBERNI West Coast fishermen are planning to establish a frozen and fresh fish plant at Alberni. this to be a two storey building, forty by six,ty, with an lcemaking equipment. Once lease details and survey have been completed, it Is intended to begin work. ad suffisclent gas for three ' ours flying. The search is I -(Centering in tiie Fraser Valley Lake Rowan . 18 Lapaska 10 Little Long Lac 1.30 Lynx 074 Madsen Red Lake" 2.95 McKenzie Red Lake 56 MeLeod Cockshutt 1.40 Moneta 361-j Negus .: ' 2.20 Noranda 49,00 Louvicourt 1.38 Pickle Crow :.. 2.25 Regcourt 08 San Antonio 4.15 Senator Rouyn 60 Sherrit Gordon 3.00 Steep Rock 2.35 .sturgeon Kivt) i!0 .03 "o .04' L .18 .01 'i .46 .21 3.50 6.25 .09 .24 .82 .50 .Hi " 111 tnd along the coastal districts. parties is a vital necessity. Wr have been and are still going through such times. "Never before in history has the world been so sharply divided into two idealogical camps. The forces of the right and forces of the left are drawn up against each other. It is purely and simply a matter of democracy versus communism. There are various shades and degrees of communistic and soclall.Jtic LOCAL BUSINESS INCORPORATED The latest edition of the B.C. Gazette, official provincial gov- Toronto FORTY KILLED IN JAP PLANE WRECK NAGYA. Japan (f Forty persons were killed and 120 Injured yesterday when two overcrowded electric cars overturned v-hile speeding around a curve at NtoU-Vaini, a viPnge near hero. Prince Rupert started off the New Year by recording athe warmest weather in Canada, according to a weather summary published in one Vancouver paper. It was 44 above zero here. Prince Albert was the coldest place In Canada with 32 below. LOCAL TIDES iniK , Wednesday, January 7, 1948 prellgh 10:32 19.9 feet m-nmpiit. nubllcation, lists the Athona ... Aumaque Beattie .. Bevcourt Bobjo .. . . LONDON a A guinea struck In 1716 brought in 140 .$560' at a sale. ait. incorporation of Wallace's Department Store Ltd., Prince Rupert, tinder the Companies Act 23:51 4:22 17:29 17.0 feet 9.5 feet 4.9 feet