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"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
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VOL.
XUI,
No.
70
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
TUESDAY,
MARCH
24.
1953
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Expropriated
The
B.C.
Power
Commission
will
be
asked
to
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Collision
Insurance
Up
37
VAN'COUVER.
A
general
8.9-per-cent
in-crea.se
in
ear
insurance
rates,'
effective
April
1,
was
announced
tolay
by
expropriate
the
holdings
of
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Company
Limited
here
and
become
the
future
supplier
of
electricity
for
Prince
Rupert
and
district.
The
motion,
made
by
Ald.f-
George
Casey
at
council
meet
ing
last
night,
wos
passed
unanimously.
,
,
f
p
f?
,
Y
Aid.
Ray
-
McLean,
who
told
the
council
he
had
continued
'to
battle
against
such
a
move"
f
a
until
expert
advice
had
been
re
r
ceived
by
the
city,
said:
"I
have
imuns
ha
had
lu
plrture
taken
for
the
first
time
in
some
years.
It
was
photoKraphfd
now
changed
my
mind.
I
am
in
favor
of
Aid.
Casey's
motion."
ivtiitli
hfisloii
of
Canada
i
21st
Parliament
with
State
Swetary
Bradley
deft
en
his
feci,
tabling
a
government
documer.t.
The
decision
followed
hearing
of
a
report
by
M.
A.
Thomas,
electrical
consultant
engineer
the
British
Columbia
I
Underw
riters
Association
;
representing
15
0
eom-
j
parries.
!
The
a.wKiatlon
also
announc-j
ed
establishment
of
a
new
"pre-j
ferred
rlk''
category,
under
i
which
car
owners
who
qualify
pay
20
per
cent
less
for
I
linen,
City
Fail
to
Reach
dissenting
aldermen.
To
give
council
a
clearer
picture,
city
father
hired
Mr.
Thomas
to
make
a
report
whi-b.
could
be
used
a
a
"yardstick."
MAKE
NEW
SCR
VET
Under
the
Electric
Power
Act,
the
Commission
Is
now
called
upon
to
start
expropriation
proceedings
and
make
a
survey
of
the
power
company's
holdings.
The
Commission
may
then
ask
for
approval
from
the
Lieuten-ant-Governor-in-Council
to
establish
a
power
district
In
Prince
Rupert.
Then
the
Commission
and
the
power
company
will
attempt
to
agree
on
a
price
to
be
paid
to
the
company
for
its
holdings.
If
there
Is
no
agreement,
the
price
is
set
by
arbitration.
Council
will
leave
decision
to
the
Commission
on
whether
the
power
company
may
install
additional
diesel
equipment
here
hired
by
the
city
to
investigate
a
proposal
by
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.
and
the
Power
Commission's
methods.
eement
on
Wage
Contract
Mr.
Thomas
indicated
the
likelihood
of
Kitlmat
power
being
transmitted
to
Prince
Ru
:
public
liability
and
property
Efforts
bv
Robert
Foreie.
i
tiAtiim
b'teen
the
t
at
within
a
few
days,
the
tils-
dilating
officer,
to
arrive
at
an
damage
lircnxn
are
dead-pule
will
go
to
a
board
of
con
pert
in
the
future
and
that
the
Kr
riani.uure
iv-
agreement
between
the
union
j
Requirements
for
the
new
and
the
city
fulled,
said
Mr.
'"preferred
risk"
groups
are:
Ap-
ciliation,
said
City
Comptroller
W.
R
Long,
reporting
for
the
committee.
v
rouncll
la-t
nlK'it.
l
U.vnieiit
is
arrivel
Long.
.
purani
must
nave
owned
a
car
Commission
would
be
in
a
more
favorable
position
than
the
power
company
to
accomplish
such
a
project.
The
report
said
that
the
Commission
"1
strongly
considering"
construction
of
a
high-
for
at
least
three
years,
mutt
have
no
regular
drivers
in
his
household
under
25
years
of
age,
and
must
not
have
been
in-
Klremen
had
accepted
all
con-
i
dllions
of
an
earlier
city
pro-
j
poal
but
wanted
the
city
to
pay
1
3
nnff
wr
font
rv,t-tuti
nf
tlicir!
)XER
KAYO
ED
IN
RING
to
ailay
a
possible
power
short-
voltage
transmission
line
from
volved
in
an
accident
during
the
nemiion
fund,
nrovldlni
a
new
FS
LATER
IN
HOSPITAL
ia
the
future
Kitimat
to
Terrace,
90
miles
east
plan,
now
under
consideration.
previous
three
years
in
which
a
claim
was
paid
on
the
property
The
company's
application
to
Ql'EEN
MARY
HAS
LIVED
to
see
the
close
of
five
reigns
and
her
grand-daughter
Queen
Elizabeth
II
preparing
to
ascend
the
throne
of
Britain.
Now
85,
it
was
announced
some
time
ago
she
would
not
attend
the
lengthy
coronation
service
but
probably
would
watch
it
on
television.
Born
May
26,
1867,
daughter
of
the
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Teck
she
outlived
her
husband.
King
George
V,
to
become
one
of
the
Commonwealth's
three
living
queens.
.
of
here.
was
accepU-d
by
the
government.
'
do
this
has
been
in
the
hands
I
damBe
or
nuhlie.
iinhilitv
narl
NO
INCREASE
Council
refused
to
grant
this;
his
insurance.
A.SIfcK,
Pa
it
A
17-ytar-old
amatt'ur
boxer
died
in
!
,uu
a!!ci
being
krtorkeii
out
in
a
Golden
Olovcs
H.
Percy
Baird.
automobile
secretary
of
the
association,
said
iriatw
said
Clilton
JulniMm,
147-pound
Negro,
failed
Mr.
i
nomas
aiso
siaieo.
in
tus
Sion
tor
several
months,
but
report
that
in
his
opinion
power
hearing
has
been
postponed
at
rates
here
would
not
be
increas-
1
request
of
the
city
pending
its
,v
nu,i!iM
after
being
admitU'd
to
hospital.
He
"this
Is
an
attempt
to
bonus
thi.
d
o'.it
m
the
third
and
final
round
by
Charles
Cator.
(Overall
rate,
which
includes
COIICCMIDII,
The
union
claims
that
the
eity
s
prupoKal
to
withdraw
service
pay
from
the
agreement
In
lieu
of
other
fringe
benefits
is
"actually
a
drop
in
pay.
"We
think
this
Is
an
isolated
ca.se
In
the
provlnre.
We
haven't
Queen
Mary
Failing;
The
proposed
Installation
by
the
company
was
approved
by
Mr.
Thomas
in
his
report.
domestic,
commercial
and
industrial
service,
being
charged
by
the
power
company
is
1.95
cents
a
klllowatt
hour.)
ess
Tells
Coroner's
Jury
irsjujiiiMun.',
i;ciuciii-iree
uttyj
er."
He
isaid
the
announced
Increases
would
have
been
higher
except
Kents
had
agreed
to
take
a
reduction
In
commissions
from
20
to
15
per
cent.
Increased
Insurance
rates
are
primarily
for
collision
coverage.
The
decision
to
swing
to
the
Britain
Meeting
With
Fire
Victims
B.C.
Power
Commission
has
the
following
immediate
results:
It
puts
an
end
to
one
of
Family
at
Bedside
By
Tne
Canadian
Press
LONDON
Ailing
Queen
Mary
took
a
grave
turn
for
the
worse
today
and
anxious
doctors
said
her
heart
was
weakening.
She
is
85.
The
proud
old
lady
appeared
to
be
sinking
fast.
-
.!)
decided
ye-
erxi
put
on
a
pot
of
coffee,
but
which
will
go
up
28
per
cent
on
To
Buy
B.C
Salmon
the
greatest
controversial
issues
in
council
for
the
past
three
years.
.
i
heard
of
any
other
union
accepting
a
drop
In
wages
this
year,"
said
a
spokesman
today,
adding
that
"we
would
strongly
consider
a
proposal
to
accept
,last
year's
agreement
including
the
f
rniRC
benefits
already
j
awarded
to
other
city
employees
In
order
to
ward
olf
a
concilia-
Hon
board."
Original
demand
by
the
union
the
five
perron.
1
1
didn't
stay."
wi
re
recovered
I
f'lewln
said
Mrs
Peters
put
i
nf
the
Kins
a
pot
on
a
hotplate
on
"a
small
i
It
will
put
into
cif&ct
a
Vancouver
island,
10
per
cent
in
Vancouver
and
New
Westminster.
U
per
cent
In
the
Frascr
Valley,
and
37
per
cent
In
the
rest
of
the
province.
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Min
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In-r'
died
between
Man
h
15,
us
a
re-'
'
of
uiiknuwn
or-
Members
of
the
royal
family,
ister.
Sinclair
announced
today
Britain
has
agreed
to
purchase
$4,250,000
worth
of
British
Co
ity
said
the
bulletin
on
her
condition
means
she
is
"not
quite
footstool,"
i
;
Witness
said
he
had
met
Mrs.
i
Peters
that
night
for
the
first!
time.
j
I
Mrs
Anna
Prystay.
wife
of
the
proprietor
of
the
King
George,
tc..titlcd
that
she
allowed
Mrs.
Peters
the
use
of
a
hotplate
.
.
.
)
"so
she
could
make
coffee
In
i
lumbia
canned
salmon.
holding
her
own."
He
told
the
Commons
the
pur
Her
condition
has
been
fol
chase
results
from
conversaUons
lowed
with
particular
anxiety
held
with
R.
A.
Butler,
Chan
cellor
of
the
Exchequer,
during
In
wages,
which
firemen
claim
would
bruig
them
to
the
level
of
Vancouver
wages
to
firemen.
If
the
dispute
goes
to
conciliation,
the
original
demands
would
remain
in
force.
City
council
last
night
named
Mr.
Long
to
present
the
city's
brief
and
authorized
the
wage
referendum
passed
by
a
slim
majority,
here
a
year
ago.
"
It
is"
the-
beginning"
of
the
end
of
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.
which
purchased
the
power
producing
rights
from
the
city
in
1929
and
has
since
supplied
power
here.
THREE
CHOICES
The
company's
franchise
was
due
to
expire
next
year
and
the
city
was
faced
with
three
choices:
to
renew
or
make
a
new
agreement
with
the
power
company;
to
invite
the
B.C.
Power
Commission
to
take
over;
or
to
take
advantage
of
Its
option
and
operate
Its
own
power
utility.
the
morning."
i
Oovemment
electrical
inspector
Albert
Mefan
said
he
had
last
Inspected
the
building
in
I
-'roved
the
three-ic
huuse
wiinesM'j
apteared
-desMon
inquest
in-
n
who
was
probably
on
auve
lo
see
two
Mrs.
Diane
('hark
H;iTlHKton
Klewln
testified
'
"
iwi
lii
a
diiwn-'.!!":
f
ather
in
the
:
with
them
went,
to
'"-ye
lo
Mis.
Peters'
"
few
drinks,
we
pretty
1)0(..
because
of
elaborate
preparations
the
government
and
people
are
making
for
the
Coronation,
June
2.
Sources
elose
to
the
royal
family
have
indicated
that
in
any
event
the
Coronation
probably
would
not
be
postponed
but
understood
no
firm
decision
has
yet
been
made.
committee
to
apixiint
a
concil
ivcemlier.
1I51.
and
it
had
been
pas.ved
"It
certainly
wasn't
hazardous,"
he
said.
1,000
Soldiers
Leaving
For
Korean
Front
TORONTO
More
than
1.000
Canadian
soldiers
are
travelling
across
Canada
by
train
headed
for
a
one-year
lour
of
duty
with
the
25th
Brigade
In
Korea.
They
left
training
camps
at
Valcarticr.
Que.,
and
Petawawa,
Ont..
during
the
weekend.
Meanwhile,
100
Canadians
are
scheduled
to
arrive
at
Seattle
today
after
a
year's
fighting
In
Korea.
The
third
battalion
Royal
Can
his
recent
visit
to
Canada,
Britain
has
bought
no
canned
salmon
from
Canada
since
1951.
The
minister
gave
no
details
as
to
the
number
of
cases
which
might
be
purchased
or
the
price
per
case.
A
fisheries
source
outside
the
Commons
said
he
thought
the
$4,250,000
might
purchase
between
200.000
and
250,000
"cases
or
about
half
the
carryover
from
the
1952
pack.
-
including
the
Duke
of
Windsor
and
the
Duchess
of
Kent,
began
rushing
to
her
bedside.
The
Archbishop
of
Canterbury,
Dr.
Geoffrey
Fisher,
also
hurried
to
the
aged
yueen
soon
after
Queen
Mother
Elizabeth
arrived.
She
was
dressed
in
black.
A
medical
bulletin
posted
on
I
he
gates
of
Queen
Mary's
Marlborough
House
residence
near
Buckingham
Palace
said:
"Queen
Mary
had
a
restlesS
night
due
to
a
sudden
occurrence
of
symptoms
of
gastric
trouble.
Her
Majesty's
condition
is
causing
some
anxiety.
It
was
signed
by
Sir
Horace
Evans,
the
Queen's
physician,
who
specializes
in
kidney
and
nrtorial
diseases,
and
Lord
Webb-Johnson,
her
surgeon.
A
crowd
began
gathering
around
Queen
Mary's
home.
Queen
Mary
has
been
confined
to
bed
for
more
than
a
month
by
what
doctors
described
as
a
recurrence
of
an
old
gastric
ailment.
One
tmdon
medical
author
iator
In
the.
event
of
a
board
hearing.
Two
other
unions
bargaining
with
the
city
the
Civic
Workers'
Union
and
Electrical
Workers
have
signed
1953
agreements.
-WEATHER-
Council
decided
some
time
ago
it
would
not
entertain
the
latter,
but
making
a
choice
be
'I
the
jury
that
he
had
met
'
"lay
down
and
u
Forest
Act
Amendments
Approved
IM)(
TIIKS
TESTIFY
Two
physicians
testified
on
examinations
made
of
Mrs.
Peters'
body.
Dr.
L.
W.
Kergin
said
he
had
performed
a
Hist
mortem
examination
and
In
his
opinion
death
was
caused
by
burning.
A
hole
in
the
skull
also
was
the
result
of
intense
heat,
he
said.
Dr.
L.
M.
Greene
said
he
had
examined
the
body
at
request
of
'the
woman'
husband
for
tween
the
power
company
and
the
Commission
developed
into
a
contentious
issue
on
which
"P
after
takintr
n
iky
opinion
was
more
or
less
evenly
I
(irecast
North
Coast
Region:
Gale
wnminf?
continued.
1E
I'
a
quarter
to
1
left
she
iMrs.
adian
Regiment
arrived
in
Korea
divided.
Even
the
ratepayers
were
al
one
Pct-
Cloudy
with
sunny
periods
and
j
Monday
VICTORIA
(CP)
Fishermen
More
than
500
crack
troops
of
positive
identification.
In
his'
the
3rd
battalion.
Royal
.22nd
Regiment,
led
by
Lt.-Col.
J.
O.
Atomic
Blast
Lights
Sky
LAS
,VEGAS,
Nev.MCP)
The
second
atomic
blast
of
the
1953
spring
series
lit
the
sky
over
this
desert
gambling
centre
early
today.
The
flash
appeared
much
brighter
than
that
of
the
series
opener
a
week
ago.
Some.
1.300
troops
in
foxholes
4.000
yards
away
(slightly
more
than
two
miles)
observed
the
test.
most
evenly
matched
in
their
choice
when
they
voted
on
a
referendum
with
less
than
50
votes
in
favor
of
the
Commission.
Main
objection
recently
to
inviting
the
commission
to
be
f1
Tops
2
Inches
J"
'"
in.
hes
of
rain
I
"i
Pim.r
Rum-rt
in
f
"uiir.s
ns
gale-force
?
-Ip-jriierJ
hv
EiiNhinrr
(Tony)
Poulin
of
Quebec,
left
and
hunters
received
attention
in
the
British
Columbia
Legislature
Monday.
During
debate
on
an
amendment
to
the
Forests
Act,
opposition
members
noted
that
one
section
of
the
amendment
says
the
owner
of
a
forest
manage
Valcarticr
camp
in
special
trains
last
Saturday
night.
opinion,
he
said,
the
body
was
that
of
Mrs.
Peters.
John
Rers.
a
trainman,
testified
he
turned
In
the
fire
alarm
shortly
after
3
a.m.
on
March
15
(Sunday
after
he
heard
Kliniilji
nnr!
Knur
Rinnlclt'
enmlllff
scattered
showers
today.
Intermittent
rain
Wednesday.
Not
much
change
in
temperature.
Southerly
winds
20
along
the
mainland
but
westerly
gales
32
in
exposed
western
sections
decreasing
to
southerly
20
this
evening,
and
to
southerly
30
Wednesday
morning.
Low
tonight
and
high
Wednesday
at
Port
Hardy,
40
and
46;
Sandspit
and
Prince
Rupert
38
and
40.
((I
over
most
of
th
Prince
Rupert's
future
power
supplier
was
lack
of
knowledge
niL'ht
ranged
bc-
ment
licence
on
crown
timber
j
0j
major
factors
involved
in
Hospital
Needs
Additional
$51,000
f'1
'I
miles
an
hour
'
from
the
Klnir
Oeorse.
He
said
lands
can
demand
permission
such
a
transaction,
aecordinir
to
before
any
person
can
use
roads
"P
to
50.
according!
he
rushed
to
the
St,
Elmo
Hotel,
Lsland
weather
of-
j
next
door,
where
he
lived
and
!
telephoned
the
fire
department.
built
by
the
owner.
Tony
Gargrave
(CCF
Mackenzie),
Leo
Nlmsick
(CCF
A
major
problem
which
mem
Cranbrook),
Dr.
Larry
Giovando
-Contractor
Loses
Lavsuit
pinst
Oil
Pipeline
Company
Almost
2,000
relatives
and
friends
jammed
the
station
area
to
give
the
troops
a
rousing
send-off.
Many
of
the
men
are
returning
to
Korea
for
the
second
time
in
less
than
a
year.
Defence
Minister
Claxton,
addressing
the
troops
in
both
French
and
English
prior
to
their
departure,
said
the
unit
is
"an
example
of
the
unity
of
the
people
of
Canada."
The
battalion
is
composed
of
both
French
and
English-speaking
officers
and
men
from
many
provinces,
but
about
50
per
cent
of
them
are
from
Montreal.
Two
units
held
their
final
parade
Saturday
before
their
departure.
MaJ.-Gen.'H.
A.
Sparling,
acting
chief
of
general
staff,
took
the
salute
at
a
march-past.
The
units
are
the
81st
field
regiment,
Royal
Canadian
Artil
mi
h:t4
iii.,i
bers
of
the
Prince
Rupert
General
Hospital
AssociaUon
will
face
at
its
Thursday
annual
meeting
is
finding
an
additional
$51,000
to
pay
for
higher
operating
costs
this
year.
.
Budget
for
1953
has
been
estimated
at
$424,000.
compared
with
the
1952
total
costs
of
$373.-000
which
has
been
set
by
B.C.
Hospital
Insurance
as
a
"frozen"
budget.
If
hospitals
fail
to
operate
under
the
1952
budget,
they
must
find
the
additional
finances
themselves
it
has
been
stated
Students
Take
up
All
Chairs
To
Watch
Aldermen
at
Work
Avid
Interest
in
civic
affairs
has
swung
to
a
new
quarter,
shown
by
a
crowded
public
gallery
at
last
night's
council
meeting.
1
Occupying
all
available
chairs
several
were
standing-were
students
of
Booth
Memorial
High
School,
headed
by
teacher
John
Henry.
The
group,
welcomed
specially
by
Mayor
Harold
Whaleiv
listened
attentively
while
city
fathers
conducted
the
affairs
of
municipal
government
It
is
all
part
of
the
coming
series
of
radio
programs
sponsored
by
local
708
of
the
International
Brotherhood
of
Pulp,
Paper
and
Sulphite
Workers
designed
to
create
civic
interest
and
understanding
among
students,
Mr.
Henry
explained
later.
The
half-hour
weekly
program
will
consist
of
a
panel
of
students
asking
quesUons
of
a
panel
of
ald.uien.
'
"'"Pany
Involving
!
(PC
Nanaimo)
and
others
said
fishermen
and
picnickers
should
have
the
right
to
use
roads
to
get
to
otherwise
inaccessible
lakes
and
rivers
as
long
as
they
don't
interfere
with
logging
traffic
on
those
roads.
Forests
Minister
Robert
Som-mers
said
the
bill
amends
the
statute
that
made
It
illegal
to
use
such
roads.
Now
the
owner
of
roads
must
give
permission
or
show
cause
why
they
should
not
be
used.
Persons
who
are
refused
permission
have
the
right
of
appeal
to
the
minister.
The
bill,
which
among
other
tilings
requires
private
owners
to
reseed
their
cut-over
land,
received
second
reading,
approval
In
principle
from
the
Alberta
border
to
Blue
River.
B.C.
Judge
Archibald
in
county
court
ruled
that
his
court
had
no
Jurisdiction
and
that
since
such
a
Hen
cannot
apply
to
a
railway
It
cannot
apply
either
to
a
pipeline.
The
Judge's
decision
seU
a
precedent
for
laws
governing
the
der
federal
jurisdiction.
In
two
other
suits,
Campbell-Bennett
Ltd.
seek
to
recover
$1,318,000,
also
for
"extras."
Defence
counsel
D.
Brown
said
he
plans
to
apply
for
dismissal
of
the
claims.
The
Kamloops
suit
was
one
of
the
largest
ever
to
come
before
a
county
court
in
Canada.
The
ordinary
Jurisdiction
of
the
court
',
W,s
niadc
by
Camp-
sub-rontrnrt..
raiiK
m
.
.
Tri
I
tti
.
"""""-am
and
by
the
B.C.
government
liabilities
of
Dlncllne
companies.
,o
suits
or
51,(HHI
Defence
counsel
duriuK
th
i
extoiidii
only
fountain's
main
con-J
involved
a
dispute
the
piprti,,,..
,!.lakf
under
the
'2lasUen
Act
for
l
"f
"extras"
f
Ule
Pipeline
work
lery,
enmmnnried
hy
I.t.-Col.
W.
I
Dr.
TL.
M.
Greene,
president
of
H.
Sterne,
40,
of
Brantford,
Ont.,
J
the
board
of
directors,
will
pre-and
23rd
Infantry
workshop,
sent
to
the
100
association
mem-commanded
by
MaJ.
V.
W.
Beth-
bers
certain
aspects
of
the
prob-el,
36.
of
Winnipeg.
Vem
fcnrt
passible
solutions
hearing
claimed
the
action
under
or
less.
the
Mechanics'
Lien
Act
was
in-1
Trans
Mountain
is
building
the
valid
because
It
is
a
provincial
j
$92,000,000
pipeline
from
Edmon-law,
The
pipeline
project
is
un-iton
to
the
coast
v
i
.