Inquiry Into City Administration Unnecessary Western Music Show Planned by Centre One of the most varied shows I ditions of western swing. best, in musical entertainment, In recent Prince Rupert enter- In Taller's own words, "If it's j don't miss the great show and tainment has been planned by laughter you're after and the! dance." of the piuaue was made nor and have no basis in fact. Instead of being censured the clerk should be complimented for the arrangements he made and the action he took. These resulted Taller O'Shea to be presented purchase of a Packmastcr unit lor garbage collection. This difficulty arooe chiefly through the minutes of Council being incomplete respecting certain features both of an essential and of a subsidiary nature. As an example in the Civic Centre on July 21 Prince Rupert Oaiiy News Tuesday, July 14, 1953 ,ued from Page 1) Ithe equipment ' from , manufacture to Prince b C , as has been done Olal cost of $10,082.83, $ng to $1,262.78 in ex's i he $8,820.05 approved jhcll. lurch '9. 1953. anober ' . ,, . 1 1 , in the city obtaining the services were any indications found that personal gain or violation of the oatlis of office had occurred. Conclusions In arriving at conclusions one must view the operation as a whole and also pay some regard to personalities as well as actuating motives. It Is also advis- of a consulting engineer more and 22. The performance can be divided roughly Into two categories Crackpot and Conservative with the accent stressed on Crackpot. "Big John" Bauvis and Little Bambl do some accordian stvl- of this can be cited the fact that , expeditiously than otherwise the original purchase minute might have been the case and (later superceded) makes no this without in any way lnfring-menttnn of freight charges or lug on the rights of the Council freight allowances nor of a truck 'or exceeding his instructions, in h we oeueve 10 uc iuo- ble to give some consideration ;onsuinaicd by Aiucr- cnaa&is; this tatter was an essen- passing It should be stated that I to the manner In which duties rreu uuuii: uciii vtt- lngs and a highly versatile tinl part for a complete unit, on the said engineer did not charge are discharged. February 9, 1B53, according to the Prince Rupert for his time or all while the time spent in Prince minutes, the Counril intended -to i his expenses, as he might quite j Rupert was only limited and pre- Ihe Board el woiks ii y without knowledge , il at a daily rate of us expenses to Wlnd- , show is promised. The group has been well re- ' celved throughout Western Can anv exhaustive stuoy purcnusc one -yaru livuuu i piupcriy hhvc uone, wr ur rem- I clurieel si ... -" Packmastcr at a cost of $6,550.00 ada and the northern states. tive to the period he was In lhere did emerge certain very 1, The uouncu uevi.-r plus 3 8.8. & M.A. Tax." A ref j'rince ttupcri prior to tne paso- cd this - expenditure They have been playing to-1 definite Impressions. erence to the quotation of the lug of the resolution of his op An attempt will be made to re In nothing about such (lure which amounted cord these but without any indi Northern Machinery Limited discloses that such figure was the cation as to priority of Importance. - pointment. LedinKham Reservoir Contract As the features about v.hlrh verbal complaint was made are hi and no satisfactory Jtion has been forth-,io IhU date. 1 ... . II.. f t 4 price at Vancouver, B.C. As there If. a "Deduction for Freight . . . $075.00" it is reasonable to as iai The atmosrchere. ceneral SYBIL BENNETT, a George town, Ont., lawyer, who heads the national women's organization of the Progressive Conservative party, carries a famous Conservative name into the present political campaign. Miss Bennett, 49, a. distant relative of the late Viscount Bennett, prime minister from 1930-35, Is making her second attempt to return the family name to the Commons. gether lor tne past tnree years. The cast Includes Len Pyder, Little Bambl, John Bauvis, Taller O'Shea and others who have been featured on many tours and appearances with Wilf Carter. Hank Snow, Ernest Tubb and T. Texas Tyler. Len Pyder, the steel guitar exponent, has amazed many audiences with his brilliant ren- sume that the price at the factory bound up with the matter of icr Illegal praciira iui-y Council In the past i their failure to have nuts for payment ap- contractual rights and as the council seems to nave acted after obtaining legal advice it is not hy Council wnicn we tone and efficiency of the office staff appeared much bolter than it has seemed on the occasion of some former visits, (bi Too much of the time of the city oterk Is taken up In dealing with matters which strictly speaking do not devolve officially upon considered advisable to discuss to be contrary io we i;,l Act." iuii verbal complaint was at that time according to that bid a figure of $5,875.00. On March 9, 1953. according to the minutes, the Council decided to purchase "a Fargo truck and a Lrarh Packmastcr unit from Rupert Motors at a cost of $8,820.05 . . ." Again a reference to the letter of the firm submitting the new bid is necessary to obtain a better understanding of the proposal. In this bid. the factory respecting: same. Installation of Drain and Catch Basin on Burden Street From Water Loan Bylaw Funds readers A general meeting Trince t. .illation of drain and This complaint really arises Heckler Ousted From Meeting At Edmonton from conditions being disturbed ii-basln on Borden n't from Water Loan by the laying of a water main on Rupert Shoreworkers Locu U.F.A.W.U. in the Mctropo'.e Hall, Thursday. July 16. at 7:30 p.m. All members are urged to j funds. price of the Packmaster unit is $5,655.00. The latter it will be him. I (c) The prestige and efficiency ol city council Is being hampered by too great a tendency to review all committee actions. (d) There appears too often a conflict as to the relative merits of technical observance of rules and the En-eral welfare of the city. (e Business Is reasonably well ks hired without autn- ,tlim. seen Is $220 lower than the figure cT.tr,unu irn cimi win. '. Bivenu. iiuoi-i Borden Street and the attendant oucstion of restoring sufaee conditions to their former state with settlement of how casts shall be borne. Apnarently the Municipality in this Instance followed arrived at on February 9, 1953. Iii thlr. connection trment was submitted I n should be noted that to the istcr St. Laurent carried his Pulp and suiphite Union, campaign into Saskatchewan , li0cai 708 general meeting, today after his first bout with j Wednesday. July 15, 7:30 p.m., hecklers at a meeting here Legion Auditorium. Interna-Monday night. Itlonal Representative Stan h was claimed to be figure of $5,855 must be added rrcct with the com- $1,165.05 being cost at the factory nunts making special1, of the Fargo truck (Including inner lo the fnet that (trade-In) to arrive at the figure the policy of restoring surface conditions at the expense of the j activity disturbing those conditions. 8uch a derision Is not conducted and no grounds were disclosed for the A filled hall of about 1.000 : Green will report on concilia-: Mayor's firm had sup- holding of a public Inquiry, j p,,rsoru, attending n rally In this j Hon proceedings to date and j nf J,1R'0.05. Additional expenditures incurred are stated to have been: open to question as It is within , i lie- tiu ks but tmiK- Recommendation capital of Social Credit. Aiwrm results or provinc.e-wiae siriKe I cienr llml no oujcc-w.is being taken to THIS NOT MISS That, the finance committee broke Into Bn upronr as tne i vote. IX) Installation charges.. $ 3.3. AM. A. Tax (163c) , balcony critics rawed the 71- j MEETING. the competence of the municipality to ro decide. Truck Hired Without Authorization The members of the Coinmun- fx removal cnarp.,.. 115 00 295.32 183.18 pive consideration to the matter of authorization by the council fa) cenerallv covering pav- irtncHu of minutes or nil. vcar-old prime minister. Mr: St. Laurent Interrupted his attack on Social Credit policies to reply OPTOMETRIST lty Ratepayers' Association pro- Alderman Ootncz fare to east Alderman Gomex 24 days at $17.50 .... Oas, oil and iilay was spem iiiv-;ii- ments which of necessity lo tne ilecklcrs. 4'J0.00 jduced a statement purported to have been prepared by the Munl- must be made prior to Fred E. Dowdie Room 11. Stone Building Phone Blue 593 242.64 jcipal Of tire staff showing trucks r various transactions .its about which com-il liern made as well as the methods and pro-ti"lna followed In the I-: of Ihe business of the Bub-total U.271.M Subject to anv adjustment rcla- hired to November 30 during 1952 with an allocation of the charg- s. Much point was made Mint faint was not correct, and thnt the Mayor's firm had participat Appealing to Ai'jerta voters o support tho government Aim. 10, Mr. St. Laurent repented statements he had made at pre- vinus British Columbia and Al- j berta gatherings that Solon Low, national Social Credit leader, had called former United States presidents Harry Truman and Franklin Roosevelt passing, such as. payrolls, freight charges, light accounts, and to obtain benefit of discount in those cases where authorization for ordering exists, (bi specially in those Instance.-, where ch"nucs e to the allegations live to Installation charges and lilalnis. the correctness of an error or Inrsdny rvenlng a meet- ; $1 in origlrfal tender, the laid hr committee of the rinwn oust Prtne Rupert op- ed. These complaints are of a potty nature as Illustrated by the , fact that Whalcn's Cortage Ltd.! s neia during wnini pears to oe iiu.uvu.i. la an Incorporated company Ithe Items of complaint According to the clerk he un-inmhlv discussed and at fortunately made an error on "the great betrayers of humanity" "How about f rei'!ht-rnte e'pial- ? hich received $218 40 for servi-tes In a llt-t of rM firms hunt should not. be issued nrioi to passing. (c) generally covering all cases iif any not. coming within (at aud ibl y f endeavored to ronvey Mnreh 9. 1953. bv not Including h"ion that too much! in ihe resolution of that date an lining occupied lit bick- estimate of freight costs at $101)0 ballon?" one of the balcony critics shouted. Mr. St.. Laurent ing In amount from $1,248.50 to S1!.00. There 'was no error in dollar distribution but In respect of "snow removal" 201 hours appeared whereas the correct number of hours was "1.11." An error of this nature could easily have bcn rectified by a visit to the city office. Correctuess of Minutes of Council Tills Is in rTJalltv n complaint, hIso observed that be- j although such floure was iiiciun-ng Victoria I was In-jed in a minute of the Board of the opinion that the,w0rks committee passed at a ore not of such nature meeting of such committee held uirc mx presence and on March 5. 1953. From the forc- Informatlon obtained I going it will Sx? seen no overall iv visit ronfirmed the ; estimate of the proposed expen-it such an opinion. irtiture can be obtained from the (ct deciding the form to be followed In presentiwr . items for' approval .try the council so that thi inlr.utescijDtaln a rfij cord readily reconcilable with the voucher-record. This could be tn the nature of a listing of all expenditures for a ' period (not. necessarily in complete months) (SHIS?, suggested he hire a hall to expound his theories. The audience tolerated the heckling until one man shouted: ' ' "How about the West? How about the West, ymi old goat?" Tile audience shouted at the hecklers, to ro home, hut Mr. St. Laurent sucgestrd they be allowed to stay and "learn something." When the hecklers were finil-1v escorted out, one of them technically there have j rn'mites of the Council. Oun&'V IF yOU WISH! tines from sound pro- Trip ef Aldrrman U. l.me of ex-Alderman J. W. Pruskv and , t ... I ....,. Kt,,i-,,iailu , 2 am convinced these' .Ta Take Delivery of Pack. her Keen nf deliberate! m..ii.t I'nlt nd Firco Truck I. Ill K lllllll'l IIHkUlC. nviuiniy In addition lo the natural shade, now you can have Westminster Tissue in colors: green, . pink or blue, in color-matched packages. and Indicating those payments made under general or special auth r from ulterior motives. I On March 5. 1953. the Board ol errors in minutes wouiu oe - , i so. their correction Worku committee passed a reso-1 reeled at the meeting whin such permit of the smooth jt ion recommending to the minutes are adopted. In this in-, nf civic affairs without council that a Fargo truck and stence the error, if such It be, orization and those to shouted: i- ..t ..nll, ; vnu. getting sor oe maue nuuwiiucnuj. i , . what are ingof confidence. 'Leach Packmaster be purchased , occurred . in tnc.rainuiei oi .ny OCf'll6ttoltt(lllWrbekytf;tf;4-.ftlbinc4j (, STABLISHEI) 'from Rupert Motors at cost 01 last council meeiiiiB ""' come come part part of or the tne mm- min- pnoneys hnn.v. Go Go bad Dnck- to Quebec"; utcs by way of exhibit: ! hecklers Inter venience certain obsrr-I $fl820.05'. that the cost' of the won attended m nis capa ny ill be made when deal-IpBrkmastrr be defrayed from Alderman. At the meeting or arh Item of complaint. General Revenue, and the Fargo adoption tx-Aiacrman rnT Accounts t truck be paid from Land Snlesj was not a member of the council Identified himself as a member of the Young . Social Credit League. i cm used Is designed to Revenuc: that the freight on : and therelore rouiu not omcmuy time of the Council In both WRS not U) exceed $1080:; raise any obieetlon on the sroro Loud applause from the audi- the motion of approval being in total only. A distribution of charges tn balance with each listing could be supplied each member of the council for Information. That more care be taken to S each Individual c-;BWi tltnt if a saving rould oe of incorrectness. Minenu ence greeted the end of Mr. h: Laurent's speech. . ' depends upon the m.ap Aldrnnwn oomca was ui were nipuu.-u ur t.i- n of a voucher-cheque be BUthorlzed to oo to Windsor, there docs not appear any means nd tthmohv the views of Ex-Akter- Measure Intelligence ensure that resolutions pre "-Jrllt s by classification and ;rtrlvc the truck and unit to Prliw-j ir.nn Prusky can be translated Snglam J,n"land s 'no action and the minutes al-L sented to the council con-, FOHTHEND-ON in. .1? ' M - Uiv'Ml the essential facts : (CP)-The local education com An essential feature Rupert. pnrllnir nf Mie slcrnature 4 - - The resolution as passeo u-iBu. ; , . ,1, I ,H mnv,io alul Oirci;iloll-, . inin.ru im.- U1JM' a (,,v....,v. i of the chairman ol nnt. presented txi the co-ineu ann summary ... . . aiT.., . tests to the ndamcntal prin-' hlch eives electrical AAVW tith of miuec. Such signatures onlvPthe matter of "purchase" For convenience a su.nmRrv of : h.flCTc.t".! ,nCShaek- . the pages I examined. 9nA -funds" seems to have be-n findhig. Is , g ; ven """ou n -cnunclated ward children. The machine 1 iLai.. "in it r rfii- rnimi1nn-M.il i 1 I .t been the practice to nirCUSscd formallv ,na x u..t. '-f - " pv ""..f ,.Municlpnl Act" re-! for research Into "psvehogol Bunnell piiftn ui njiv, incre ll llinu uwuu" fnr nayment. either in members of the Board oi worn elusions rcaiiicu. ceive continuous rccogni- vanic reactions on enucanunmiy t(on i sub-normal children." . n ..nnn,Mnrla I If.llS ' - zaZdL. Inilints: I)V item. This docs not nmmiiten thought the other ; fnouio iii'-- ivu,i,ini"-",. " 1 no exrndltures hnve members of the Council were be adpoted I feel they will do luthorization. Support- .. ,.- of what was contempiaieri . JOHN H. 1. Accounts have been paid without, prior authorisation of eovmeil. - i -' 2. Committees ha"C Incurred expenditures beyond statu lis are receiving ntten- 8n) hio thonrht the committee : much to obviate questions arising as to the actions and intentions nf members of the staff and BULGER Ihe treasurer and ac- roui(i sctt.le details ot a purrnns.; i :irc both of the opinion p,,proved by the Council. How- j little wrong wtth the cvpr. Alderman Casey Is emph-i-j f vnnrier nrenarntion in ihsl he did not know the limit of $50.00 without members of the council as well tory .. r , J2 as affording protection to mem ent of accounts. Both bers of both .groups. This report must not conclude without recording the cheerful IvMvlr' St figure used In the resolution of the Council was not an Inclusive f one nor of the Intention to hnve j Alderman Oonvw proceed East..' The Cnminunlty Ratenavers' l hat chemies are not unless supporting docu-''iidlng accuracy, charge Iii 1858, Hi tteomboot "Surprise" becom the first vessel to corry possengen up the Froset Riwr U Mopt. flcntlon are in order nutliority. 3. rurrhase of Icach r-ack-mnslr war no' handled n judiciously nor as carefully as It should hnve been. 4. Trip Fast nf Alderman Gomez to bring Fargo truck and Packmastcr unit to Prince Rupert, was not. such e- tn rllsnnnlifv Aldermi" Gomez. No finding fts to iTonrlety or as to living al b asked for. no general Association went much further minner In which every person approached responded to my cn-riuiries. Respectfully submitted, B. C. BRACEWELL, Inspector of Municiptlities. lhlrd Avenue ohr Su.qer Ltd. lis or bylaws were pro- than Alderman Casey and aiicg- Pering authority. I can- pa- -that Alderman Gome was fre there are none but the "PncnEed bv the Board of W..rki fins none were produced. 0t this City without, knowledge seems to be pmecci nf r'nuncll at a oany ra.- j the annual Estimates ttn i,,s expenses to Windsor lowance rate is offered as these are not matters for iitliturcs as sufficient ot," Had such been the case for nnvinent: to this. )hC claim of lllcizall'y would hv' Is added the effect of brn substantiated. Alderman the Inspector of Municipalities. 5. That the hiring of ihe con-kiiIII"" rneliirer " bv Hi" Muttons ordering pur- qomez did not receive any re-1 be made. muneratlon for his trip although iidtor is of the opinion u w ld """ allnwnnee In 1904, William Braid founded 15.C.'s first distillery, and established the standard of quality that.distinguishes B.C. Double Distilled Rye. Discover for yourself why B.C. Double Distilled is preferred by British Columbians for its superb flavour ... its light body and mellow smoothness. THE BRITISH COLUMBIA DISTILLERY CO. LTD. Designed with '0''.' a new foot . Encourage system of accounts and 0f J:17.50 per day plus the amount bv Council Is adequate; 0f j,is fHre to the East, and costs that reconciliation be- or KaSi 0n Bnd Incidentals In- ie voucher record and rurrpH it Is stated by the clerk your child's first ilep in safely. CANADIAN WHISKY Wa is achieved without rt rnnflrmed b- the auditor f : and he does not find tvt aetnnllv Alderman Gomez NEW WESTMINSTER, f council and neither the: f..- . hM' '-.erson had usurped the authority j or Instructions of the coun- j cil in this matter. I 6. The Ledinghiim reservoir, contract is a matter which should be and has been i handled by the council. 1 7. In the mutter of the Installation of drain-and catch-busln on Borden Street Nm Water Loan Tylaw funds the Municipality acted within Its peroeatives. 8. In the hiring of trucks the usual procedure was followed. p. Question of correctness of : minutes of council cannot now 09 -pffectively raised. 10. That no charge of wrong cioiiiu in the ordinary sense frry to rtuestlnn exnendl- id not charge or receive living irrnunds of llloirallty. aiiowoncc for the full number of I Mite r.vnendltnrs 1 doys lie was absent from Prince iflitures (hennd IM ; 9nMrt. The amount of $17.50 I" limit of $50001 have .e rate allowed delegntis on et v rln without s-ne"irie. or niislnes.s this rate Was flvrri Authority of the Counell. .,,.Pr n (ho snm" day thnt the '.illivr should bn read In i,)PR ()f Inking delivery in the I of the general remarks Kast was first mentioned. From f passing of accounts, ennulrles made I m satisfied '.'Instances will be dealt same was the result of eo-tnei-r dence onlv. kmaster Purchase , Engaglnt of Consulting , difficulty was exneriene. Fnrlnepr k - l' The Distinguished Products of British Columbia's First Distillery DOU8LI DISttUES . B.C. EXPORT . C. KESERVI B.C. SPECIAL B.C. STERLING LONDON DRV GIN With JUMPING JACKS you can be sure that a child's foot needs are completely attended to. c. FASHION FOOTWEAR This advertisement is not published or displayed by the Liquor Control Board ' or by the Government of British Columbia. ' i ' tlvlnr nt, t.h exnet pn-l- The charges made In this-con- 0 0 ' c affairs respecting the vction arose from uppcuruncei i' i