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at
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Pacific
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"Prince
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to
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Great
Northwest"
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VOL.
XLII,
No.
63
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
THURSDAY,
APRIL
8,
1953
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
Phone
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today
announced
Will
Seek
Seat
In
June
Election
f
nine
killed
and
irwl
in
Wednesday
shattering
crash
jam-packed
Lon-ih'.vav
trains.
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1st
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the
R,,ol
By
The
Canadian
Press
jt
tw
workers
more
'
y,m
to
rut
their
Wiiy
;
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rf
wreckage
to
!
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A
3
7
"
Austrmlian
Regiment
landed
here
from
W
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V
fT
i
Ji
I
Korea,
exactly
year
f'
O'V,'
V
Pi
vYifyb
I
V
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if'-
afr
it
first
went
into
action
with
the
Commonwealth
division.
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I.)
S
.til
i:
i
.
It
it'
h
I
YX
i
Thc
brought
home
39
Japanese
brides.
VANCOUVER.
Arthur
Laing,
Liberal
member
of
Parliament
for
Vancouver
South,
was
elected
by
acclamation
Wednesday
as
leader
of
the
British
i
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fiH
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if
,
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5
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,
il
r
ia,l
fnur
bodies,
iiimrid.
iiKht
were
vnnui
condition,
nm
were
brought
out
rum
aft'
r
belne
pln-
r,,a,i
ID
hours
In
the
vr.
;i
tunnel
between
:,n
f
Stratford
'and
fwu.rs
had
to
am
pu
Battle
of
the
Beaches
Reds
Agree
to
Major
Points
in
POW
Proposal
By
Th
CanHdiau
Prt-s
MUN.SAN,
Korea.
The
Communists
unexpectedly
agreed
Thursday
to
all
major
points
of
the
allied
proposal
for
exchanging
sick
and
wounded'prisoners.
The
agreement
may
be
signed
Friday.
Agreement
on
the
mechanics
:
.
i
?
I
Mi
ll
!'
kit
t
free
him.
;
-jh
nrcijrred
t
thi
J
'.tie
homeward
ru.h
by(
rk'T
I
,.r
piili'd
out
of
Strut-iur.
and
piled
Into
the
;
in.h'T
slopped
on
the
:
a
n.iie
auy
j
mm
carried
eight
III
.N
s
VI
KM.
lllMJKt
I)
of
the
city
prelti-t
beach
girls
held
a
urf
carnival
on
the
golden
beuehf
of
tiydney.
Au.'.tralla,
the
Surf
Life
Saving
AsAoelallon
promptly
protested.
Male
member
of
the
auorlutiun
said
they
ere
not
in
favor
of
girls
competing
in
surf
carnivals.
The
girls
replied
that
they
drew
bigger
crowds
than
the
men
and
raised
money
to
help
the
men
s
club
pay
for
a
new
building.
With
banners
flying
the
girls
are
shown
in
a
march
past.
He
succeeds
former
Premier
Byron
Johnson
and
will
lead
the
B.C.
Liberals
Into
the
June
9
provincial
election.
Election
of
the
48-year-old
federal
member
came
at
the
convenUon
called
to
name
a
hew
leader
and
hammer
out
the
party
platform.
Earlier
in
the
day,
Mr.
Johnson
entered
his
formal
resignation
to
the
convention.
Mr.
Laing
told
a
press
conference
later
that
he
plans
to
resign
his
federal
seat
and
become
a
candidate
in
the
provincial
election
in
Vancouver
Point
Grey
riding.
He
plans
to
return
to
Ottawa
within
the
next
10
days
to
clean
up
his
business.
Chief
,'ustice
Cordon
Sloan
of
trading
the
disabled
prisoners
came
during
a
meeting
of
staff
officers
which
followed
the
regular
session
of
liaison
groups.
If
the
agreement
is
signed
tomorrow,
the
exchange
of
sick
Top
Cage
Event
Here
Tonight
With
Senior
B
Finals
Opener
Police
Bullet
May
Cripple
il.d
about
600
passcn-
utKt
of
the
standing
(i
ifHdiiiR
coaches
of
thih
hit
it
buckled
.u
ol
sphntered
wood
',ed
!!'f
I
.nri'I.
bkh
provide?
it-m.-h
riearanee
above
and
wounded
prisoners
could
j
The
biKK'-st
event
of
the
bas-;
i'rinee
Rupert
Co-op
Challengers
ton.
1
start
within
10
days.
ketball
season
gels
Uiiderway
to
and
Kamloops
Merchants
Neither
Barton
or
Challenger
j
Holdup
Man
The
Reds
reiterated
earlier
I
ol
ltam
was
corked
i
nlghl
with
Ihe
opener
of
the
i
ne
seven-man
k
a
m
I
o
o
p
s
coacn
Aiex
m
venturea
10
tore
iuiv
,ThnriHa
thif
llvv
mill
return
cast
any
developments
as
both,
no
mm
tna
ww
ltM
prLson.
teams
are
unknown
to
eriociudI,
probably
not
i
VANCOUVER
(CP)
The
police
mnra
than
I'K
A
morir-nnn
j
bullet
that
cut
short
a
$6,000
i
hunk
hnld-un
hpn
muv
haves
and
F'isheries
Minister
James
Sinclair,
both
named
as
possible
successors
to
Mr.
Johnson,
are
reported
to
have
declined
to
run
for
the
post.
Mr.
Laing
received
a
standing
n
Shares
Barton,
however,
considers
i
i
two-game
senior
B
provincial
squad
arrived
yesterday
after-jrhanipioiiAhip
series
between
I
noon
headed
by
Coach
Art
Bar-
j
BOARD
SEEKS
SUPERVISOR
FOR
GYRO
SWIMMING
POOL
KamlooiH.
mav
have
an
edire
In
.;
..
'
.
"C:
"T...
enppieo
io-year-oia
raincs
oeu
the
fact
Challeneers
have
not
.n.
-ih
h.
r
Met
nearly
800
dele-
I
played
this
season
as
a
body
am,,
Xi
fuii.eie
rmi.
Bell,
charged
withholding
up',
ovation
from
of
the
gates.
He
was
proposed,
tor
aaatnst
ouUlde
comoeUtion.
!.i-
t..n,.
,,i
,
ir,,,tn,
Renfrew
branch
SCT.
PAUL
TOMELIN
was
awarded
the
British
Empire
Medal
for
distinguished
service
in
Korea.
An
official
army
photographer,
he
has
been
acclaimed
for
his
fine
photographs
of
Canadian
troops
in
action.
He
returned
from
Kore
last
December
after
18
monlLs
In
the
war
theatre
and
now
is
stationed
with
the
army's
prairie
command.
"
in
an
leadership
by
H.
G.
Perry,
past-
100
Each
j
On
the
other
hand,
the
visitors
remaining
issue
blocking
truce
??k
01
a"adt
had
the
'
president
of
the
B.C.
Liberal
;
bullet
removod
from
his
spine.'
t
Association,
and
there
were
no
NTO
if
-An
offcrlni
Is
!
iu..iiijjiimi
iu
ure
inr-,,
v.
.
m
--
I
nt
hr
nnminn
t
inns
interior
tnter-city
which
leauue
Includes
of
the
southern1
Vernon.
,
A
Jr
hi2hlv-Dlacd
1
Pit1
L
American'
5
!
,
;
t
PP
cJi
out
.
the
bank
door
with
..i
we
are
.
party
that
is
in
v
ol
new
Lmuc
of
1
5!(
v
r
eeol
cumula-
iKelowna.
Summerland.
Pentie-
"r
"
:
VL
"
T'
slraPP'n
g
stuIfed
defeat,"
Mr.
Uing
said.
"There
h'l.r
sinking
fund
l
ton
and
Kamlooos.
i
"JuirtX
"
,
h,
Zr
!
.mone'r
a.nd
n
nIted
gun
in
!
are
worse
things
that
can
hap-
rffcrrcd
(.hare
of
par
!
,
and
that
has
The
championship
gave
Kam-
i
reDatr(tion
throuen
Panmuniom
i
i
.
'
,
,
.,
.,
'
Pep
to
a
party
VM
frh.
of
Aluminum
to
the
Liberal
looia
the
rieht
to
olav
Trail
ln
.h.t
th.
...h.n..
nmh.hlr
!
neu
s
is-year-om
wue,
motner
noi
nappenea
of
Canada
Ltd
Party
Urges
;
of
a
four-year-old
girl,
is
a
pa-
party.1
will
take
place
within
10
days.
tlent
in
the
tuberculosis
hos-
B.C.
He
said
Liberalism
in
an
arc
being
offered
!
di
by
a
large
group
of
't
d'ulors
and
brokers
1
the
quarter
finals,
defeating
the
Comincos
in
a
close
two-game
series.
Over
the
Easter
week-end.
Barton's
squad
downed
Clover-dale
tn
the
semi-finals.
The
allies
have
said
they
are
ready
to
send
back
5.800
disabled
Red
captives
5.100
North
Koreans
and
700
Chinese.
The
bir(l
of
parks
couunusioiicr
U
J'fikiijg
for
a
supervisor
of
the
Clyro
swimming
pxl
for
this
summer
following
resignation
of
Mrs.
Lalla
Svendsert.
sii-r
visor
and
instructor.
Mr,
and
Mrs.
(Svendsen
are
leaving
for
Reglna
to
spend
the
summer
there.
Meanwhile,
the
board
of
works
will
be
asked
tonight
to
resurface
the
Rotary
tennis
court,
said
parks
board
chairman
Pat
Forman.
Jagged
rocks
protruding
through
the
surface
are
considered
a
playing
hazard
and
ruinous
to
tennis
balls.
The
courts
under
management
of
the
parks
board
will
be
opened
as
soon
as
the
surfacing
has
been
completed.
The
Roosevelt
Park
playing
field
has
been
authorized
graded
and
rolled
in
preparation
for
Sunday's
opening
soccer
game
Duncan
School
Principal
Heads
B.C.
Teachers
Group
t
I
At.c-s
and
To
IJm.
needs
no
revitalization.
Syd
Smith,
former
Liberal
member
of
the
provincial
legislature
for
Kamloops,
was
elected
president
of
the
B.C.
Liberal
Association,
succeeded
Mrs.
J.
L.
Gates
of
Victoria.
More
Aide
To
Education
;
pital.
!
Wednesday
night
police
an-;
nounced
the
man
they
suspect
'
of
being
an
accomplice
in
the
'
robbery
also
has
been
charged
i
with
robbery
with
violence.
!
They
identified
him
as
Victor
Leslie
John
SDarkes.
'irpii'.y
expects
Uiat
thu
Usuf
.
together
r'ii.R.s
of
atxut
$25.-ii
the
parent
romrmny.
The
Kamloops
team
features;
no
"extra"
height
but
has
an'
average
of
six-foot
cagers
back-'
ed
by
speed
and
accuracy.
Barton
himself
is
a
veteran,
eager
who
played
forward
fori
.
.
..
!
Mr.
Laing
was
horn
at
Eburne
M
Lid.
and
fr0m
d-
fcre-flved
during
1P53
Russ;
Red
China
Return
Japanese
Boats,
Fishermen
TOKYO
(AP)
Russia
and
Red
China
have
returned
without
notice'
171
Japanese
fishermen
and
five
fishing
boats
OPares
was
arrest
near
iue
j
d
after
graduation
from
scene
of
the
robbery.
He
.was
;
attend.
Ricnmond
Hi
h
silting
in
a
car.
which
police
UnWersity
of
B.C.,
receiv-
said
they
believe
Bell
planned
.
.
'
I'BC
Thundcrbirds
when
they
captured
the
Dominion
senior
men's
championship
in
1941.
He
played
for
Kamloops
for
five
to
use
in
fleeing
from
the
bank.
1
H"vernment
of
the!
'
"Mm.
win
provide
all
".ancitiu
required
to
i
H
expansion
program
j
r.d
the
first
tge
of
j
n
la
British
Columbia.
He
was
manager
ol
tne
agri
By
The
CiuUutu
Press
VANXOUVER.
British
Columbia
Liberals
on
Wednesday
approved
an
election
platform
proposing
reductions
in
taxes
and
calling
for
increased
4.
:.i
iu
culture
and
chemical
division
of
the
annual
convention
here.
seasons
and
was
named
coach
of
In
an
address
to
the
700
dele-
the
team
Ails
year,
gates
to
the
34th
annual
con-
j
Barton
was
playlng-coach
VANCOUVER
CP)
W.
V
i
Bill
i
Allester.
32-year-old
principal
of
Duman
Elementary
captured
by
Communist
vessels
'.mjted
that
the
bal
Buckerfield's
Limited
in
Vancouver
for
many
years.
From
1930
to
1943
he
was
a
member
of
the
Richmond
board
ventlon.
Education
Minister
Mrs.
When
the
visitors
were
downed
last
year.
ndi
rfln
be
provided
1
School.
Wednesday
became
the
"mipany's
own
re-1
youngest
person
ever
elected
Three
ships,
carrying
147
fish
Tilly
Rolston
defended
"cut-
here
four
years
ago
in
the
senior
backs''
in
her
department.
b
finals.
The
games
were
highly
"Some
reductions
have
been
protested
by
Barton
on
the
basis
effected."
she
said,
"but
in
prac-
of
refereeing
and
at
that
time
tically
no
Instance
will
.
the
I
decided
he
wouldn't
play
here
president
of
the
B
C.
Teachers
Federation.
An
Air
Force
veteran
and
a
graduate
of
Victoria
Normal
Girl
Injured
In
Tree
Fall
A
13-year-old
girl
is
in
Prince
Rujiert
General
Hospital
in
good
condition
after
suffering
a
severe
fracture
above
the
knee
from
a
fall
yesterday.
She
Is
Jeanctte
Maundrell.
daughter
of
Mr.
and
Mrs.
Chuck
Maundrell,
144
Ninth
Avenue
East,
who
fell
from
a
tree
while
playing.
2
operations
of
Alean
Biianrx
resulted
In
a
net
profit
of
$19,-
wnparison
with
$24.-n
'Ml,
according
to
sUtftnenls
released
ermen,
arrived
at
Nagasaki.
North
Kyushu,
from
Shanghai.
Two
other
vessels,
with
24
fishermen
aboard,
arrived
at
Wak-kanai,
northernmost
Japanese
port,
from
Soviet-held
Sakhalin
Island,
north
of
Japan.
Neither
Rus-sla
nor
Red
China
noUHed
Japan
beforehand
of
the
decision
to
release
the
'
fc""
Juiniit
diu
in
tne-chairman
of
school
trustees,
serving
as
for
eight
years.
He
.financing
of
education,
was
president
of
the
New
West-
TK
ifL.
..,
.
S7nerATberal
erf
pby
SJS
1932
and
led
the
Young
liberal;
AssociaUon
of
B.C.
In
1946.
pro:
jprepared
for
uc
Juni.j9
Mr.
Laing
was
first
elected
to
,
vincial
election.
the
House
of
Commons
for
Van-
The
financc
division
lot
Urn
COUVer
South
in
the
general
I
nlat
form
nlerleed
the
I.lheraU
tn
School
and
the
University
of
service
be
cut."
-again
with
local
umpires.
B.C.,
Allester
was
the
choice
of
j
,lrs
Rolston
took
Issue
with!
"But
I've
got
full
confidence
the
BCTF
executive.
an
editorial
in
the
B
C.
Teacher
'
In
your
referees
now.
I
hear
they
He
won
the
presidency
with-1
w
hlch
"questioned''
the
Social
;
are
among
the
best
in
the
coun
try."
said
Barton
today.
out
opposition
from
the
floor
of
Credit
government's
policies
of
"d
dividend
require-"
outstanding
series
"nt
preferred
shares
economy
In
education
election
of
1949.
First
game
will
be
refcreed
by
Fred
Calrieronl
and
Ole
Slatta.
Following
are
brief
sketches
reduce
ail
passenger
car
licences
to
$10
and
remove
the
sales
tax
-WEATHER-
against
)J-'-
In
!0f)2
1
19
i
I
on
meals
and
on
all
purchases
SvnuiiM
turr
of
the
visiting
lineup:
,
Keith
(Kuek)
Buchanan
Six-
foot-two
forward,
second
year
of
30
cents
and
under.
,
j
At
the
same
time,
delegates
reieeted
motions
callinc
for
rilig
1951
and
1952
cent
red
over
Oreifon
rovers
the
senior
B.
one
of
top
scorers.
ntili
tile
rOmillinv'M
en.ill.nrn
frOuro
f,f
t.h
nmVlnrp
Mrision
nroirnm
whli-h
I
n,,,.-.,
i,,i,t
t..,,,,
rot,iro
u-erp
filiated
to
cost
$4II0
enroilrlnrohlv
wiirmer
than
ves-
-l-
""'iB
the
period
1951-
terday.
At
Vancouver
the
mini-
1VP
....,
n..nmrn
tn
!
nn
All
economy
measures
taken
In
the
education
department
were
Justified,
she
said.
B.C.
education
dollars
must
be
useful
ones.
She
urged
that
the
education
system
keep
pace
with
the
changing
world.
"I
have
not
advocated
sweeping
changes
In
the
curriculum,
but
to
have
a
balanced
curriculum
I
feel
we
should
have
Industry
representatives
as
well
as
academic
leaders
on
the
curriculum
committee."
The
thorny
problem
of
education
was
a
top
issue
at
the
convention.
A
survey
showed
that
most
of
the
teachers
favor
a
re-vamp-lng
of
school
grants
under
the
present
Cameron
formula.
Most
said
the
Social
Credit-Rolslon
formula
does
not
provide
the
answer
for
financing
education.
J(
1J'2
umounted
to
Wednesday
morning,
"in
iqTiP
r"d
Uh
Elsewhere
niliiiniums
were
'
generally
below
freexlng.
Hi
,'"lc
''i
i
et
pr0it
i
Sunnv
skies
are
expected
in
wrgely
(
..
I
nil
reirlons
on
Fridav.
laising
of
the
sales
tax
to
five
oer
cent.
It
was
proposed
that
the
extra
two
per
cent
be
used
to
finance
the
province's
compulsory
hospital
insurance
scheme,
eliminating
the
present
premiums.
The
convention
went
on
record
as
favoring
redrafting
oi
the
liquor
laws
to
permit
sale
of
liquor
by
the
glass
as
approved
in
the
plebiscite
last
June.
This
would
be
done
on
a
local
option
basis.
"
Northward
extension
of
thf
Pacific
Great
Eastern
Rallwaj
into
the
Peace
River
area
t
approved.
se
I
t
VVl"
n""lttl
cost
al-
I
Kureeast
hi..u
.
lon
"nd
"c-
North
Coast
Region:
A
few
mm
unalled
$33,090.-
I
clouds
today
and
Friday.
No.
mpiu-ed
with
$23.-1
much
change
In
temperature
J
.
.
Winds
light,
1
about
'?
....
e
end
i
U)W
tunhl
ttnd
nlKh
Frlduy
tlyinL
.l1
"on'waa'
At
Port
Hardv.
3
and
55;
elat
h
"
lhe
Sandsplt
and
Prince
Rupert.
35
c"u
or
1851.
'
and
55.
Jack
Fowles,
six-foot-two
centre,
top
team
scorer
and
third
in
Inter-city
league.
Good
ball
handler
Don
Merrioll,
six-foot
forward,
fast
ball
handler.
Harold
o
u
I
g
e
r,
five-foot-eleven
guard
and
veteran
of
club
who
faced
Rupert
here
In
1949.
Ken
f'amp,
six-foot-one
guard,
former
UBC
eager
but
native
of
Kamloops.
Len
Fowles,
five-eleven
forward,
played
on
Normal
School
team.
Gordie
Farquharson,
six-foot
forward.
All
players
have
a
minimum
of
two
senior
B
seasons
playing
time
and
all
are
local
Kamloops
men.
"We
have
no
imports,"
laughed
Barton.
The
main
event
gets
underway
at
8:30
in
the
Civic
Centre
gym.
A
fast
and
furious
cage
duel
has
been
planned
for
the
preliminary
which
features
the
final
game
of
the
best-of-five
inter
A
championship
series
between
North
Star
and
Fraser
&
Payne.
F-Ps
came
back
Tuesday
to
tie
the
series
2-all
In
one
of
the
fastest
games
here
of
the
season
and
another
hard-fought
duel
Is
expected
tonight.
This
game
starts
at
7:30
p.m.
pska
Forming
Territorial
HCG
Fnrro
timi
nr
n
RCMP
Alaska
I
API
.
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...
L
1
who
accompanied
n8
i
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lis
llnal
acts
rjeiore
adjournment
iianK-im
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to
to
e
es
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III
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....
,l.nn,
Iu
nisi
last
iasi
month
monm
The
inn
law
taw
will
win
become
ueiumc
unm.
force
Movies
'Out
For
Juveniles
Four
juveniles
appearing
it
County
Court
before
Judge
W.
C
Fulton
were
given
two
year
suspended
sentence,
deprived
o
going
to
movies
and
told
t
"learn
to
play
chess"
after
plead
lug
guilty
to
several
count
c.
breaking
and
enterine.
'
The
charges
were
laid
follow
ing
raid
of
Peter's
Delicatcs&ui
in
Terrace.
One
of
the
aee
v&
i
a
Prince
Rupert
hnv
to
cope
It
will
take
over
from
the
territorial
highway
patrol,
effective
in
90
days,
with
a
$750,-000
"kitty"
for
financing
the
or
,
nforcfmcnt
t
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4-i
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nr
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ni"
in,
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rK-iiaiiiiiffi
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which
will
be
abolished
ganization
for
two
years.
S,ieLMor!,a
one-fth
I
h.
f
Lllited
'
State
T-
v.
.
..
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..
.
Ka
fivrna
rrrAii;
1
The
big
law
enforcement
prob-
r
the
.1n.s
,
neiirhi
""""
"luiva-
1IU
Alask
orlng
-ung
Canada's
IN
190?
A
TROOP
of
the
old
North
West
Mounted
Police
was
trained
and
sent
to
London
for
the
coronation
of
King
Edward
VII.
In
this
photo
they
are
shown
heading
a
group
of
Canadian
troops
in
a
march-past
before
the
Duke
of
Con
naught.
When
Edward's
coronation
was
postponed
because
of
the
monarch's
illness,
the
troop
was
sent
home.
The
NWMP
later
was
renre-sented
by
two
constables.
from
the
same
sources
which
lems
have
developed
in
the
have
brought
the
territory's
mill-
'Anchorage
and
Fairbanks
areas,
tary
personnel,
the
boom-town
.
where
military
construction
has
development
from
huge
military
brought
booms
rivaling
the
gold
construction
projects
and
the
I
rush
era.
iitorial
'gislature
vol.
th,
f"rce
as
one
of