Thursday, December 19, 1957 - tn independent daily newspaper ‘devoted to the upbuilding of Prince Ruper and Northern and ‘Central British Columbia. Member of Canadian -Press—Audit Bureau of Circulations os Canndian Daily Newspaner’ Association : Published by The Prince Rupert Dally News Limited . J, F. MAGOR, President ~ : nS Subscription Rates: r SET EDD By mail—Per menth $1.00; ; Per year $10.00. carpler-—-per month, $1 25: per year, $12.00 iuthorized as second class mall by the Post Oftice Department, Ottawa Loss to Isolated Communities DECISION of the Union Steamships Limited to dis- continue its coastal] passenger. service sees the end éf 60 years of yeoman’s service on the British Colum- bia coast. The move, made in the face of mounting costs and the rejection by the federal government of an increased subsidy, strikes another blow at Prince Rupert’s.claim to being the hub of the north. Late last month the city learned of Pacific Western Air- lines plan to discontinue its service due to lack of business and a move was made to halt complete sus- pension. A subsidy is being sought to keep that vital link with the north coast’'s outlying settlements and towns. - However, sucha subsidy eould not reach the pro- portions of the one the federal government has been pouring into Union. Steamships.. ‘The company had asked for an increase in the ‘current:$562,000.a year subsidy and it was rejected by: parliament. Trans- port Minister Hees statement that’it. would have in- volved an “unjustifiably large expenditwre of public. funds" must be echoed by local taxpayers. Half a million dollars a year to keep large vessels going for a @ handful of passengers is not good business. . The subsidy is twice that paid to keep ‘the little used Prince Rupert drydock going just prior to its closure by the Canadian National Railways. In addition Union Steamships has been forced to increase its dwn contribution of funds to a cause that has been: steadily losing out to air travel. : Hardest hit by the move are communities such as Stewart, Alice Arm, Alert Bay and those on the Queen Charlotte Islands. Weather: often hampers plane sérvices and the sense of isolation already ex- -perienced by these communities will be increased un- less another steamship firm carries on, the service as has been indicated. | - Tf another shipping firm does: take. over the pas- senger service then it will make little. difference to Prince Rupert. Freight will still come. in. by Union | Steamships and those persons who prefer a leisurely trip. down the coast will still have- the promised steamship service. - Itswould appear that these apparent: setbacks to Pringée. Rupert’s coastal economy are ‘merely steppiti g stones of progress. The expenditure of $7.000,000 on Digby Island for Prince Rupert’s airport with the: possibility of further expenditures before the airport . is finished is not a political whim:on the part of the old Liberal government nor a continued vote getter by the. present Conservative government. ‘It means that Prince Rupert is becoming air-minded and the airport expense is justified. While we may be losing our identity as the shipping hub of the north, we are soon to become the aerial centre of. the whole north- west. Progress can only be made in one direction at a time, not two. What we lose on the swings we are going to gain on the merry-go-round. With a $5€2,- 000 subsidy at stake that is the only business-like w way t to look at the situation, | Scriptures. i He went about seeking romedne to leaa him by the hand, ; Paul was stricken by blindness on the Dumaseuis Road ' after his amazing vision of Christ. Do we value good sight? It isa free gift from God, who soon restored Pauls physical and : spiritual sight as well, we should value spiritual slght too, " Act, CEN SORE ER SESS SANTA IS BUSY GETTING READY TO MEET YOU AY THE “CIVIC CENTRE TOYLAND SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2st : 9am. To 4 pm. SICK CHILDREN Who cannot come, need only ask Mom or Dad to phone 4226 and SANTA WILIL. COME. RIGHT TO OUR HOUSE! SS eR TE SANTA is going to visit THE GENERAL HOSPITAL botwoen 1 o’clack and 1.30 p.m. 8a Hrae your visit 10 the CIVIC CENTRE In tho morning or afternoon -~ SANTA Is looking forward to SEEING ALL CHILDREN Prince, Rupert: Daily News , | | eral by Not once in a blue moon does any party in parliament chal-, lenge the ruling of Mr. Speaker. or his deputies. ~: Indeed it had not happened for many years; until the hectic pipeline debate of 1956. Yet now—just a year and a half later—the country sees the government of the day repudi- ating the rulings of the man rules of the House. These. rulings were not snap fudgments. They were given by the Chairman after careful study of all the authorities. and | after consultation with the permanent officials of parlia- ment. In brief, they were challenged on no other ground than that of sheer partian expediency. IF THE Conservatives so braz- _enly tore from their own faces the masks of being the -cham- pions of the rule of law in par- liament it is also true that the Liberals showed in almost as sorry’ a light. For the first time in this Twenty Third. parliament all three opposition parties voted against the flagrant’ Conserva- tive abuse . of parliamentary procedure. There was only 4a dozen votes difference between the yeas and the nays when the time came for the MPs to stand up and be counted. But more than that number of Liberals ig- nored the.call of the bell. ° Granted that the wily Tories knew that they had the Liberals literally over a barrel for the next few weeks. But surely here was an issue so big as-to offset the fact that the new leader oi the Liberal.party cannot be before the convention. in the middle of January, IT DOES not necessarily follow that the Conservatives. would have asked the Governor-Gen- to dissolve the Twenty Third, parliament, even had. they been oygr-ruléd in their amaz- ing manoeuver of over- -ruling own Chairman. Technically, the issue was not one of confidence versus non- confidence in the Diefenbaker government. But a- clear-cut defeat of the Conservative ‘gov- -fernment on this matter would -|have been .a moral which it could’ have recovered only. with great difficulty, if at all: WHETHER .the new Liberal . chieftain jis Lester B. Pearson or ‘Paul Martin, he will have a difficult but vitally important decision to make at the very out- set of his: carecr: as Leader of LINDSAY’S Cartage & Storage Established 1910 | HOUSEHOLD GOODS MOVING — PACKING Agents. 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He will have to decide whether the Liberal party is to’ get in there and really fight the gov- ernment—come what may--or whether it is to continue, to pil its punches: No reasonable. person could fairly criticize Mr. St. Laurent for the fabian line the Liberal party has deliberately taken in she unvrecedented situation in which the Twenty Third par- liament found itself. In the na- tional interest, it was his diffi- cult duty to see that. .the new government stayed in office at | least till it had had every, chance | to fill its more pressing prom- ises, such as to raise pensions, cut income taxes, and abolish the excise tax on automobiles. The government has how had that chance. It has. honorahly carried out its promises in re- gard to pensions, and for farm- ers, but it has miserably fallen short of what it equally clearly promised in tax cuts. So the way has been cleared for the new Liberal leader to lay before parliament and. the country a clear-cut alternative to what the Conservatives have done. The Liberals cannot do that by ‘continuing the negative, pussy- footing tactics they have been compelled to ‘use in the past few months. The new Liberal leader is go- ing to have to come out fighting. British: Columbia claims the } ereatest production of lumber and sawmill pr oducts in Canada. Important Meeting felon | Hearty Horse-Laugh nes Harried Hagerty LONDON «--- Several British newsprpers have given aloud horse lanuzh to the United States presidential press secretary, James Hagerty, the former news- paper man who couldn't take a columnist’s ribbing about his ppress conferences. The columnist was humorist Art Buchwald, whose paper—the New York Herald Tribune.—was the first major paper to endorse ; Hisenhower for the presidency in 1952 and which has never wavered in its devotion, Hagerty worked for the New York Times | hefore he became the president's press ‘secretary. | Buehwald, in a column nub- lished tn The Herald Tribune and its Paris editiou Tuesday, re-: counted an imaginary press con-. ference with presidential spokes- men “Jim.” ‘The column poked fun at many of the questions and answers at such inquiries into the minutiae of the president's daily life. Some of the questions and answers to the column went like this: Q Jim, did the president speak to any one before retiring? of state. retary of state, Jim; A. He said, “Good night. Fos- ter.” Q. And what did the secretary say to the president? A. He said, “Good night, Mr. President.” Q@. The secretary didn’t say “pleasant dreams?” A. Not to my knowledge. Q@. Jim, do you have any idea of this very moment.? revealed to me any of his dreams- Q. Are we to assume from that the president doesn’t dream? A. I’m not saying he does or he doesn’t. I just said I don't know. UN: ADULTERATED ROT Hagerty called a special prcss ‘conference to describe the col- umn as “unadulterated rot” and {o assert that “at no time did the reports in the New York if oe -" ? OWAGIn ow A product of Caribou owe ' Houd ae by the Gaver Pacific Trollers Association to be held in Civic: Centre | MONDAY, DECEMBER 23rd, 7 p.m. ope wy Mt LAGER Smooth, satisfying refreshment. Pick up @ case loday! Lounge “ ei frewlng Campuny Ltd, Prince Goorges, B.C, This adverticomont bi nat public hablar di: iplurye dehy the Liquor Control neal af divdiah Coliamebads 4A. He spoke to the secretary. Q. What did he say to the Seee: A. No. the president has never’ public iwhat the president is dreaming|-- .. I Herald Tribune even remotely sr -- resemble what I ever said at a briefing,” Hagerty said. “T would assume that the Ncw York Herald Tribune being a fair and decent paper, would rive these remarks equal play on the front page of their paper in thetr edition tomorrow as they did with this unadulterated rot,. that was printed in) he papcr this morning.” SIMMER DOWN, JIM Hagerty said Eisenhower had seen the colurnn. He declined to cliscuss the president’s reaction. The Mutual Broadcasting System, in a broadcast from Paris, said “that when Pres- ident Eisenhower himself read: the column he laughed like mad and hig only comment to Jim Hagerty’ was ‘simmer down, Jim, simmer down,’ ” Before making his remarks.!/. Hagerty asked if a representa- tive of The Herald ‘Tribune was in the room.. Buchwald respond- ed. After Hagerty assailed the column, Buchwald told ‘him: “Your name wasn’t mention- |. ed, Jim.” “IT am not going to argue the ease,” Hagerty replied. “I ain making my statement. I still think it-was unadulterated rot.” “This incredible scene,” the London Daily Express tells its British readers, “resulted in thie (Continued on Pare 5) cc ma eahadae 87-119 » Clip this gift voucher out and bring it to us. We will endorse it for the amount of cash you place with us. ¢ Northern B.C. Power 5 Te Besner moe Prince Rupert Present thes Certificate fo us for merchandise of your selection lo $4 the value of. Dollars Wilh all good wishes from AUTHORIZED BY THE ROYAL BANK OF CANADA Condensed Annual Statement 30th November, 1957 ASSETS Cash on hand and due from banks (inchiding items in transit) . vee woe ee ee Government of Canada and provincial government $ $40,240,109 securities, at amortized value : sone 672,276,365 Other securities, not exceeding markee value... 6 505,688,411 -f Call loans, fully secured... 6s rr 238,103,548 Total quick assets 66 6 6 ee 6 + $1,956,368,436 Other loans and discounts 1,431,188,052 Mortgages and hypothees insured: under (1954) sy eens Bank premises... 6. . Liabilities of customers under racceplances, poharantees and letters of credit Other assets . . + v8 ee e 28 @ N.HLA, 216,590,777 3,559,150 * 8€ @ © © e © © © 8 6 112,413,852 9,424, 350 $347 760, 544, GI 7 ‘ eo 9 @ © @ @ #8 4 * eo # 8 ee 2 © @ © © @ @ @ © © © F 8 LIABILITIES Deposits Acceptances, guarantees and letters of credit, Other linbilities .. Total liabilities to the public $3,426,683,145 112,413,852 19, H44,074 $3, 558, $41, 071 * * e * ' * ' ° ‘ . ' * q e ’ e ° * 8 @¢ * © © € @ © 8 ‘ * 60,400,000 151,200,000 405, s 16 $3, 76, $441,617 e ¢ * e e * V ° Ly ¢ t e ' Capteal paid up Rese Account Undivided profits . ’ 6 e s e e ' , e , e e ° ¢ * @ © 6 oe © @ @ @ 6 4 STATEMENT OF UNDIVIDED PROFITS Profs forthe year ended 30th November, 1957, ufter pros vision for depreciation and tincame. taxes and after mak- ing transfers to Inner reserves out of which full provision has heen made for diminution In value of investments wd loans ee ~ Pividends nt the rare of $2.00 per share. « 5 $10,077,62 ® , ' ' e ' ' e ’ ' * , ' $13,910,559 tetra diveribution atthe rare of 10¢ per share 50-4, ono 10,98 1,62: $3,487,028 Transferred fram inter reserves after provision for tincome tamepexdgihtes ec ee ee ee ee EE GON,OOD 405, Git $15,004,546 14,200,000 $ 108 5. (6 Nalance of undivided profits, 30th November, 19564 + + + te - . , oo wo . * , 0@ ¢€ 8 ® ee . Transferred to Rost Account Ralance of undivided profi, 40th November, 1957 0 « “Total proviniod for incame taxes 619,960,000 K. M. SEDGEWICK, General Minuger JAMES MUIR, Chateman and President nT Te sana neem