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Fiard Time)

Bist 6, 1954

fioy 15,2 feet

by7 «174 feet

Ms 7.3 feet
}:52 at feet.

 

a

is Five :

Liskey Plant.

bition Gal
Fey to Fla

Mee use al the
Bepday where,
| gone Up in fl

lons of Liquor.

mes. After. Blast. : 1

a |!|—Ilames licked close: to the “whisky}
American Distilling Com-|
110,000 barrels. of aging
ames and explosi longs since|'

= Wednesday morning, -

Brined
| a osis

me: arising from 4
Bn yesterday re-
mc Charlotte Is-
mg fined a total
Bs in Police court

bane, 25, pleaded
Bes of joyriding,
bg «ound driving
Font drivers’ lic-

Farose from the
R-drive car driv-
Mane and a car of
wose Company
memir way to work @
Meilloway Rapids

! viven police -by

feared dead “under smouldering
debris, and more than 30 have
been Injured.:

_ The eontinulng fire, capped by
a dazzling night ‘explosion seen
75 miles away, destroyed much of
the company’s ‘sprawling plant
facilities in this central Tinois |;
city. Lot

Damage is well, Into the mil
fons of dollars. - :

The explosion last niglit lifted
the roof and walls of the com-
pany’s rackhouse—a_six-storey
rick bullding—high into’ the

to halt the fierce, whisky-fud
blaze touched off 17 hours earl-

fer ‘during a Severe electrical
storm.

 

e who rented the,
mmtablished (hat he;
Zee MacFarlane per-
meee the car. Buthee |
: gocked it prior to ,
Tuesday night and
- In his pocket.
Beep yesterday morn-
and car had gone,
nent sald. i
hat they had re-
me froin people driv-
fd to Port Edward
Fdriven in a reck-
mee A patrol car. was
o investigate the
evord of the acci-
ved.

, and: Kenneth
mice Rupert, driver
Bar, were taken th
® Cencral Hospital
face lacerations
nishap, MacFar-
feeescd Lhis morning.
meepasscngers in the
Meee!) Lopushinsky and
m were checked for
hospital and later

Re eren was re-ade
apital yesterday af-
mebseivallon on a
OUT
, ae awe Magishy ate
Minpressed on Mace
mecriousness of any
Aunts on which he

frees could have
ore serlous If any-
killed or erluieally
mtsistrate  GJnssey

mn kolng to pive
fit of the doubt,”
ree of joyriding, or
Without the owner's
Mirline was fined
e reckless driving

The fire consumed. two eight-
slorey rack houses where whisky
iis stored i barrels for aging and| .
‘a four-storey brick customs stor-

age house. Some42Z,000 barrels
of whisky burned.in that portion
of the fire. It is estimated 5,000,-
Toshe gallons of whisky. haye been
os .

The blast. bulged plate glass
windows a mile away from: the
Nant,

Office manager ‘Al Weston es-
timated the damage at 3, 500; 000
to $4, 000, 1000. oy

Provincial

W. R. “BIN” Meighen, division-
al engineer for the provinelal
department of public works here,
for the past two years, will leave,
this weekend for a new post, In
a new government department.

The popilar engineer will be
assistant dking commissioner
‘for the province, with hend-
quarters In New Westininster, his
home town.

Replacing Mr. Melghen . here
will be R. 8, Cunllffe, former
diatrict. engineer at Vancouver,
and once a resident of Smithers,
B.C, /

Mr, Cunliffe, who arrived! here
wilh his wife and two young
sons Monday, is following in the
footsteps of his father, 8, A. Cun-
iffe, with tho department of
public works for many yenrs and
one time district engineer at
Smithers,

The new engineer hora went to
high school in Smithers and vii
ited Rupert several times with

 

mes fined $50 and $36
BY ithout i men

the Smithers basketball team,
He thas heen with the dopart-

At least five’ persons have been |:
killed, three are missing and].

alr... The debris rained down on| =.
firemen and plant workers trying} _

 

{$05 Wednesday:

I-Enginer- Named
To Diking’ Commission Post -

 

10 ue oe NRE pe ter EN EHP Rees ANA mA tm Omg He,

waren THE BIRDIE!

pelure.

_cadét Lieut. ‘John Abel of ‘Winnipeg |! "
obviously has-a-little trouble, taking aim with this’ sparrow. ;
‘perched on his rifle during the Saskatchewan - Provincial Rifle’
Assoctation annual shoot’ at Dundurn, The. friendly. sparrow
shopped onto-the rifle: and. art army photographer snapped. this . of

ACP from National, Defence

As Duke ‘Takes It Easy —

” By DAVE STOCKAND. ,
Canadian Press’ Staff’ Writer: ‘

-VANCOUVER (cP)—With an ex-
ception: here? and; ‘there, there
will’ be no- more .following the.
Duke of, Edinburgh's. movements
with a timetable’ until: he leaves
Vancouver, - 2°...

One try was made: at setting
a definite minute-to-minute
course for. the ‘duke’s’ visit’ to the
British Empire Games, But Phil-
ip said no soap; he. wanted to be
free to visit what looked inter-
esting at the time.

The duke -took -it -easy- this
morning. His schedule — was
blank. -If nothing. else,. it gave |
him a chance, to rest his right’.
hand. He greeted some.300 per-

hight: at a: te-

ment for five yeath, ‘serving As

district , engineer -at:Williams

Lake before moving. to: Vancotl-
ver.

“Mr. Meighen expects: to leave
this weekend Sor New Westmin-
ster and his new job, which will
take him throughout the pro-
vince Investigating dikihg needs.

 

“entitled to,

 

His family left last weekend for
the south, - oA

éepption tendered: by. the. City of .

Vancouver.

The word went out, that. the
Duke was prepared to-say hello
“to everybody and the line form-
ed in quick order. -...

This afternoon Is fairly formal.
The Duke goes to Empire Stade.
jum forthe royal salute and in-
spection of a joint services guard
of honor; What will draw. his}.
attention after the formalities.
remainstobeseen, —

“The Duke did the driving Wed- :

nesday’ when the. royal party},
travelled through the’ Fraser‘
valley to the. Royal’ Canadian
School of Military Engineering.

There, he Inspected a parade
of 300 army, navy.and air force
cadets and told them. if: they.

felt like doing some: boasting 2
‘rabout ‘their: performance: “when

they got home. they, were vite | m
“ST this \s an ‘example of the
| Canadian’ cadet, movement, you
‘yean‘be very proud,” he said, °

The next stop was at the
Games regatia site, the Vedder
canal,.a whisker away from. the.
United States border, There
the Duke was strictly a speé-
tator. He spent his time in the
officlal box and did not, other.
wise participate.

He got there just ‘In time to
waleh Canada score an upset
vietory. over England In the
eights. ' . ‘

 

RED CROSS PUSHES AID
TO. STRICKEN CITY FAMILY

Emergency “relief supplies have been rushed by tho Red
Cross to the family of-Mrs, Dan Gulbrandson who was severely
burned Saturday, night following an explosion of a gasoline
lamp which dostroyed her home on.Comox Avenue West,

David Radford, chairman of the local Red Cross branch,
reported today that the Society acled Immediately to give as-
sistance to the at rleken family in the form of clothing, bedding
and food, The supplilos are sufficient to provide the family
with all its essential needs until other arrangements aro made, .

It ts reported’ meanwhile that Mrs, Guilbrandson who was
badly burned abowt the face, hands, logs and body, ts still In

falr condition at tho hospital,

 

Bquacy of City’s Assessed Evaluations
Bs Inequalities in School, Local Taxes

‘Ing article IN Ube
tries by Ky Be
SeSHMEHl COMM
British Columbia
abel the gener
rstand (he equal:
ramets thea
Columbin whtoty dy
mider way under the -
Wauallaatlon: Aul,

». WILDMAN
y!) Gomaiiaaioner
ANOASMMONL aquallans
I meni! taxes are
It necessary? Haw Ht
liywhore, alaey

wll of these very
tlond completely
8 Cone of feel.
Ail ‘lied (| wheat"
Durden, but dey,
lial quention (rely
Ment eynallaation
Nywhora olane” Me
(ry omphnatla "you,"
Mh WHE nob he the
th Canada to plan
Mt af sand and
Mn Of NaROKANONtA,
an H Staten thare

RINLOA anjoyin

Mfforded hy me
"NO ron property,
(Mh tor ty yt NOQdHKS

Is tho bent Lonely,

the oxperlence of othora, In one
state, before equalization, din
paritics wero discovered In nae
sxonsodl valued nob anly betweon
properties bub alka bolween

achool distrlota, Thare was a lng
of up to 85 years behind ronal
oatalo sailing prleok, ‘Milk con
ditton had av delotarlour offoet
on borrowlng powors, Inncleqtn-
cy of. nasasxod valuniions hod.
crontod Inequalities in xohoo!
aubasldlies and local taxes, *
Without the banaflt of oxper-
lonco of our awn, Wo can necopt
the adylco of oxporta, 81x Royal
Commilaalons dy the past 68 yours
have rocommoandad the cxlal-
Halimont of a auporviaory agency
to oquallva ron proporty nsRnAKed
valuos for taxation purparas
throughout the province, H, Carl
Cloldanibora In hla 1047 roport. on
ProvinointMuntalpal Relations
iy Friideh Columbia omptyasiver!
tho Importanco of ronl property
ocunlived naaasnnionts, and too
ommended the eatabtlahmont of
nv contral adiiintatrative body,
Tanatlon, Boeanuan it ia the
mainatny of muntelpal finnnee
(and we co refer to rent provarty
taxation) ita force tn folb by tho
home owner ity ao roal.a way that
ho must be axoursod Ike

 

Aly ty howortt by

Thumply Bumply, he ubirlbuiton

'

to {ha meant to Ault hls mond,
For Instanee, when ho recelyes
Q postcard from his local assesn-
or ho mutters to the rost of the
housahold, “Tax notleo agalat

Chances ave If ho vend At le
would find 1 was bis ngkosxmoent
notice, What's the'difforence? A
gront don, Porhapa, une funswel
to our next queatlony will explain,
"Door nssessmont. oqunitzation
moan taxed are voli un?"

Tho taxpayer's unideratandable
Irritation on disbovoring — his
tnxor have gone up again very
frequently is chdrgotl to the no-
count of tho blimelesa assessor.
Ho had nothing (0 do with it,
Unlosa you enn, hooting him for
providing the base, because that
la all he coos, and hy aa falr ep
manner AR he can, .

Almply ph your. Smuntelpal
council oxtinintos whit fi Ite
opliton {4 the amount toquired to
Hnnvce the municipality for 12
montha, providing for payment
of debt. chargoa, ouontion coxta,
nnd all nocosanry, sdyVvicon atch
nw fontth, sanitation, public
worka, public safoty, flro protoa-
Hon, and avoh ko; tinker Into
nonasldoration roadlsta from all
nourdor Inaluding property anios,
Hconso and pormlt foos, Goveriy.

 

monk granta, mt ‘othoray and

eof ya
ate

thon, walng the assessor's base,
discovers the number of Wx milla,
required to balance the books,
flo then, It should very dofln-
Itely ho Kept In mind that when
your axes go up It docs not nea-
essurily mony somebody.
ARE VOUL ASHHASINONL ANY More
thon contrartwise, when your
daxoa drop, the samo porson has
jowered your nssessment. Those
conditions are ennsed by spond.

Ing, or nob sponding, your monoy, ||

It's ng siinple ag thi, Tf you will
keop this cloar tn your think-
Ing, you will not, ike Lewls
Carroll's charactor, mako a word |i
RUC AR aKsORENONL monn ANy>
thing you choose auoh as Wax fg

on,

Tut if within a aehool awa

i
conslaling of more than one

muntelpaiily there haa been

proven Inequality In carrying ne

the lond of education costa, Wi
will follow that whon Ula bur-
don haa beon oqualivad by on

tablishing tho frlr proportion to}:

ho borne Ih onch caso, thon thore
Will ho wm aubaaquont loworlng fy]!
no onao- nnd {norensing in an-]’
thor of tho muntolpaltty'a ahavo
of thoio coals, |

And now we aro rondy for the
firat quesiions "What {a navoss
mont oqunlization?"

fching fh fleet,»

tel

has |),

 

The: offer was “nade . ‘ab a

" yneet ing. of. -Tepresentatives:, of
-| the: United : ‘Fishermen: and -Al-|-

Fixed. Timetable Ousted

lied: “Worker's - Union -(Ind.) and!’
the Fisheries: Association’ of B.C.

Atéthe satne time; it was an-
nounced the union: officials: were.
| disenssing-. ‘holding. Of a strike}

. | vote‘aniong shore. workers; .

The union is demanding. a 90)?
$ South: ‘increase,’ oe

we, of a. conciliation; oar
ya. a month. Dae

calls ‘for’ ae ont days Ol
month pee, pay: or: pay i ‘in lieu. of
mination

rease. f+.

 

 

“Péndérmen’ have voted 816. per " = —
cent to’ strike’ to back. Up thelr! Pega ay

demands,. The basic: wage: now tee

is. $1.20 an hour,

The union. Tuesday asked’ that!

‘a-Wote be ‘conducted. jointly. by ONE

cannery. workers and the union.!
The union’ Said. the tendermen’s
strike would. be delayed until |£
the: new vote is taken. ;

“The: companies ‘Wednesday ¢ of.

fered: ‘a two-year contract which:
would . include the, _majortiy|

Bridge Check
Delays Train

“fie, westbound ‘Canadian Na=

 

Snag Tuesday,

tional train from: Jasper | was rau ,

held: up at.Skeena for an. hour
[a half..early.. this. morning.

8 an operational delay so that) t

Ir. repairs”:to. -the Skeena|
Eola be: haide; CN" offic:
als. here!said today. -

“There®: :was ‘nothing. seriously

wrong. . It was: just’ a, case-of|

playing safe,” a oN spokesman

said.”
The train artived al the Prince
Rupert: dept! at 1:30 am, this
morning, four. hours late.

“Tho extensive cioud: layer
which has’ covered British Co-
lumbia during the past few days

is now decreasing. - gradually. |°
With more sunshine expected In| .

‘most. district today and. Friday

daytime temperatures will climb
gradually to. more normal read-
ings.

North Coast Region—Cloudy
with a.fow sunny periods today.
Cloudy with scattéred showers
Friday, Little change In tempor-
ature,’ Wind northwest 15 in ox-
posed areas today oclsowhere
light. Light Friday, Low. tonight
and high Friday Port Hardy 60
and 62, Sandapitvand Prince Ru-
pert Ba and 60, ‘

WASHINGTON (Tho Unilod
Power! Commission Wodnesdiy
Stalox Powor Commission Wed-
nesday rofused to ordor it 10-
hearlng on its deciston authorla-
Ing Paolfie Northwest Pipeline
Corp, of Houston, Texas, to cone

plan was about to
The blgek: “about 14"
inches high,.wa mounted ona
small base: -an -inserlbed
plaqua commiehorating the: oc~
casion, .

M & B. Income.

Down From '53..

“VANCOUVER: (P)—MacMillan
and Bloedel Limited, B.C.'s larg-
est, pulp and“lumber operators,
Wednesday reportad a net in-
come of $3,860,137 for the second
Clquarter ended, June 30, For the
same perlod th, 1058 it was ‘$4
173,080, Me

VANCOUVER: Fons ‘that
Vancouver would become ria}

 

abruch n $160,000,000 natural gis
pipeline system to serve the Pa:

"ghost port" for whicat ahipping
havo beon prover groundless

 

 

 

uh
| aon) ae
} ap 3 an

NN
Mh a

‘wor non'r GO NUAT THK waren thot gata “Banetin

Vrowor of Halifax tins hung hor clothes, pony!
hut tataking hor tio about golng note the water, One
dangling dangorously and: her eaun: aul ta,

link
al houlder atrap Is

ly on W nonrby,

rathor skimpy but Sandra onn'é make up her mind to‘Joln the

 

 

(‘To bo continued tomorrow)
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olhor olildron ub Talltux's Pont Plonsnn Tart,

aa ‘(OR Photo)

‘ V :
, ‘ Mg Hie
Al ae i

. i wh it ;
Wy :
ni i

pogpoeeas
tity

rief™ oni abl”
while enroute}:
bic: wo Vaneouyet Boe

torviow.

4
Loin marketii

{trom lio two Ontarta porta’ to
Jonatorn oxport trarkala, fm
| MTN govorngnent's NOW Pryde
Ing polley. didn't affect: ‘Iynalingaa

| maiden, flight: x
, above : “42,000 feet
tr

 

en ‘on Tuesday, Catches of p

“are reported. about the. same, 98
for. sockeye, 0°:

Catches yesterday were slights
‘ly less; “Salmon fishermen . are

 

tonight at 6 p.m,” Meanwhile. in
other’ fishing areas :

After a. flurry of early halibut |}
"landings yesterday and” Tuesday, ||
only one boat: brought In a catch
today, and business on the Prince
Rupert: Halibut Exchange drop-|{’
ped to njl-this morning, . The
Neptune IL. unlonded ° 20,000
pounds at the. Prince Rupert. Co-
Operative ‘Associaton, |.
| Today's landings at the Co- -Op

brings to 288,500: pounds the
amount of halibut. which have]:
_|been brought In: ‘singe the second

 

Little Chance of Vancouver
Becoming Ghost Port Howe .

Trade Minister: v, 1, Howe sald
hore yosterday, :

“This has hoon a record yen)
for grain handling, not only for
enstorn ports, bul Vancouver ts
woll,” tho minister kald nan Me}:

Poople here “con't undoratand”
tho fedoral govornmont’s declie
fon Lo sot n reasonable price ro~
Intionship for. grain moved out
of Pacific and Atlante porta he
went om

Fort Wiitiam: nad Park Arthur
hobh hinyo,fy seven’ corte a bushel | .
shipping dclga- aver Vancouver,

‘Thi avin benysported «trom
hore Ia still ghonper In all. tore
e- Nee
20. ORNS FIOM LAKEUBAD

Ronson | fot this, Mr owas
anid, Is bint Ib costs moro. than
a0 conta a bushel to ave whon

nt nll; and’ wo'll ano that It dooss
n't In’ Uho fuittire,"" the mintator
ompliaaaas, Tho sipping
will always No kept in iyo.

!

Northorn Fort Willams
“Grain shipments: thls ‘your
have boon higher than in: any
other Ih hlatory, pnd Vancouver

Wha. nothing to worry about,"
von na Mr, Howe. wit apoaks
the’ tain; alps = wore londing
whont for South Athditun, Japan,

Tuvopo: ‘pa Tarn: nl

 

Le ya

vyta
\

selners'|
' catches are said to be only falr.

price \

To auld the proroyt prleo. ta}: VAN
~Tabout $1.80 o bushel, baals No,

|", 80! tone ot

fishing’ short week, which ends /Ust''8 ‘and:

 

“Tait Ex pert
Visits Cty

dustrial. oporations'’ in Princo. Rut. ; :
port Js being made this weok’by,’,
Francois J, cdc, Ottawa, vides“. 8
chatrinah, of
Board.

{pours ofa. wostbrn tour to gath»
~ Phore ard ominy’ probleid

which como tptbat are alffioull
to -hnydla wnless wo havo. yeh

{gonal knowledge of the ‘condl:

tons Involved," he, sald. "By
making this trip Iam able to, gol
A sooific Iden of the (imonslons ’
of the country, ant Ite. econ
devalopmont. ys vi
Mr, Loduo’ ‘anid ‘inn ho a
month oach summor studying
some new. part ‘of' the country...
On his Proaent: trip ho vlalhud |
Whitehorso.whore ho was Inlers.
osted in the. ‘possibilities of fhe +
Frobisher ;powor - covelopriant:
and tranaportntion probloms stn
tho nartherty Interior, Mayf
Yoatorday’}o'mado a tno
the Colinhin,, Calluloso’: ie
whot'o ho was) Lontortndned thy i.
Jynchoon ‘atlondlal by compnny
‘}offlciala, menibers of tho, \Abul.:
‘1 Ohambor of, Commorcy and oi NOE
Aitorosted-cltizens,
Tomorrow ho ' ts heal

{| vinit. tho. ‘Algnn prose at ba :

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a wr wl

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weduV ai he siti o-
Tumblin anlinon ta fren ‘ont ie
moro than; four: tmnes pa niihys
fla} aa-the Amorian rh " ".
In Nor a tea we ular Prager r
river fl
won

notin "
mon Agnlttat ent ‘9 ofa i

 

Atmorioatt: fli Marl
‘trlonnaiworg'e tehing m0 Q Wan,
tho, on ma tera oy

 

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tho Canada Tati med
Mi Lede da In twa In tho a

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