y
kkiim
m
r.
1
1.
a
ivai
-.Msrinrip
wusnn
wnn
iasr.
;d
Queen
of
the
1946
Civic
Centre
carnival
and
IP
WIISON
FIFfTFD
PORT
BY
200,000
MAJORITY
t
is
believed
to
be
the
largest
majority
ed
by
a
carnival
or
Port
Queen
candidate
'
history,
Miss
Marjorie
Wilson,
Metla-p
girl
sponsored
by
the
Prince
Rupert
tub
uas
elected
101G
Port
Queen
at
the
With
a
total
vote
of
295,800.
Miss
Wilson's
score
was
more
than
204,000
greater
than
her
nearest
opponent,
Gyro
Club
candidate
Miss
Chrissle
Montgomery.
Here
are
the
final
scores:
Marjorie
Wilson,
Kinsmen,
295,800.
Chrlssie
Montgomery,
Oyro,
91,000.
Dorothy
Peachy,
Junior
Chamber
of
Commerce,
75,300.
Altogether,
the
total
vote
was
402,100,
of
which
Miss
Wilson
re
celved
more
than
"half.
Great
jubilation
reigns,
In
the,
ranks
of
the
Kinsmen
Club,
and
among
the
native
people
who
have
flocked
to
the
city
from
coastal
villages
to
enjoy
the
carnival
and
witness
the
crowning,
This
morning
Queen-elect
Marjorie,
and
her
two
royal
princesses
took
part
in
the
open
lng
parade
for
Port
Day,
and
at
1
o'clock
this
afternoon
the
three
were
fitted
for,
the
gowns
they
will
wear
at
the
corona
tlon
Friday
night.
MEMBERSHIP
IN
UNITED
NATIONS
Sweden,
Ireland
and
Afghan
Man
Have
Passed
Muster
LAtiE
SUCCESS,
New
York
W
Sweden,
Iceland
and
Afghanistan
passed
muster
yesterday
for
membership
in
the
United
Nations
In
a.
.screening
report
handed
to
the
security
council.
Final
approval
of
the
three
coun-t"'es
is
up
to
the
General
Assembly.
Six
other
countries
are
seeking
membership
Albania,
Outer
Mongolia,
Slam,
Portugal,
Ireland
and
TransJordan.
DISCONTINUING
MILK
SUBSIDY
OTTAWA
O)
The
federal
government
has
definitely
decided
to
discontinue
producer
subsidies
on
milk
as
from
September
30,
Acting
Finance
Minister
Abbott
said
today.
The
sub
sidy
amounts
to
55
cents
per
100
pounds-
of
whole
milk.
JEW
SABOTEURS
BLOW
HOLE
IN
BRITISH
SHIP
JERUSALEM
M
-
Swimming
saboteurs
using
"limpet"
mines
blew
a
hole
eight
feet
long
and
three
feet
wide
below
the
wa-erline
of
the
British
troopship
Empire
Rival
In
Haifa
harbor
Wednesday
night,
but
failed
to
sink
her.
The
attempt
came
shortly
after
British
troops
moved
Into
the
all-Jewish
city
of
Tel-Aviv
and
four
other
towns
In
Palestine
In
the
wake
of
new
Jewish
threats
of
underground
violence.
ICING
ATTENDS
WAR
TRIALS
NUERNBERG
0-Prime
Minister
King
today
attended
the
International
war
crimes
trials,
fitting
In
the
gallery
overlook-Ins
the
dock.
He
listened
to
a
dull
account
by
a
German
defence
lawyer
trying
to
prove
from
documentary
evidence
that
the
German
SS
organization
was
not
"criminal."
.
STRIKE
ACTION
:
I
i
BEING
FAVORED
Vote
of
Packing
House
Workers
Deems
It
Necessary
to
Settle
Dispute
Witli
Two
Companies
TORONTO
Ot
Preliminary
results
yesterday
showed
the
majority
of
members
of
the
United
Packing
House
Workers'
of
America
(CIO)
endorslns
dos-
siblc
strike
action
against
twoi
of
Canada's
three
big
meat-
1
packing
chains
Canada
Packers
,
and
Burns
&
Co.
Negotiations
are
still
under
way
between
the
Union
and
the
Swift-Canadian
'
Co.
and
Mr.
Justice
SE.
Rich;
-
arris
or
Winnipeg
has'
been
appointed
commissioner
of
the
dispute
involving
Canada
Packers
and
Burns.
The
Union
is
seeking
a
weekly
minimum
wage
of
$35.60
for
a
Ihirty-seven
and
a
half
hour
week.
,
'
Unloh
officials
said
negotia
tions
with
Canada
Packers
and
Burns
had
collapsed
last
week.
A
company
official
said
that
wage
Increases
had
been
offered
and
he
was
surprised
at
the
Union's
action
In
asking
for
a
strike
ballot.
NORTHERN
AND
CEH'
tUTISH
COLUMBLA'n
N-fiwnPAOPn
i
or
i
ui
TAXI
'
TAXI
537
.
C
MclNTYIXE
tKarrn
BtOIt
DAY
and
NIQHT
SERVICE
Mil
.1
ubhslicd
at
U.
..da's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest"
Bill
and
Ken
Nesbitt
VOL.
XXXV,
Vol.
197.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.C..
THURSDAY,
AUGUST
22,
1946
PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
WJUI
i
1.1
I.
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pproves
Incrcaso
T.ir
senate
yes-
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r.pnroval.
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ot
providing;
scrvire
mure
T
t
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Villi-
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Farmers'
awKin-rt
f(na)
com-
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'Kt-
vote
con-
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mcmbcr-
wt::i!-sed
delivery
0"ltlUCt'
-
'"ui
is
expect
.....
,
uie
wetK
'
Union,
at
the
"'on
last
Novem-tof
'tlea
of
a
strlkr
th
farmers
con-Mtinn
advisable.
rcurns
from
re-1
r
e
tennrtpH
w
ab
'o
bn
almost.
(avor
of
a
strike.
SEEKS
ALBANIA
Greek
Prrm
',,Ua'a
to-
r
K
r
fhhefore
lhe
peace
rred
notice
nrPosc
an
ami.nH,
"alian
treaty
to
,n
Albania
to
the
at
Orroli.
---
Maims
to
added
oacic
that
several
I
I"1
War
still
e,t.,
k'
and
Albania,
Sales
'UU0.
Co-QD
GOVERNOR-GENERAL
SHOWS
KEEN
INTEREST
ON
FIRST
VISIT
HERE
An
unofficial
two-hour
stay,
Prince
Rupert
received
its
first
visit
early
Wednesday
evening
from
the
new
Governor-General
of
Canada,
Viscount
(Field
Marshal)
Harold
Alexander.
The
vice-regal
family,
consisting
also
of
Lady
Margaret,
their
three
children
and
a
little
niece
from
England,
were
ac
corded
an
Informal
but
warm
welcome.
Their
visit
was
entirely
of
Informal
character
but
Mayor
H.
M.
Daggett
and
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston,
M.C.,
V.D.,
were
on
hand
to
extend
an
unofficial
welcome
and
accompany
the
party
on
a
brief
drive
around
the
city.
The
Governor-General
and
his
family
landed
at
6
p.m.
from
II.M.C.S.
Crescent
on
which
they
had
travelled
from
Twin
Isles,
near
Powell
River,
where
they
have
been
spending
the
summer
camping.
They
proceeded
at
3
p.m.
to
Ottawa
aboard
two
special
vice-regal
cars
attached
to
the
regular
eastbound
train.
HOLY
LAND
IS
STILL
TENSE
JERUSALEM-
The
streets
of
Jerusalem
will
flow
with
British
blood
If
eighteen
young
Jews,
sentenced
to
death
by
British
court-martial,
are
executed,
the
Jewish
underground
said
yesterday
as
a
situation
of
tenseness
continued
throughout
the
Holy
Land.
CAWEY
ISLAND,
England
O
Thieves
who
stole
a
safe
from
the
sub-post
office
one
night
hauled
It
two
miles
to
find
it
contained
pensions
records
and
correspondence
no
money.
U.S.
ON
W
alerfront
Centre
of
Attention
As
City
Celebrates
Port
Day
Signalized
by
a
smart
procession
through
city
streets
by
the
Port
Simpson
Concert
Band
and
un-dampened
by
the
threat
of
waterladen
clouds,
Prince
Rupert's
Port
Day
celebration
got
under
way
promptly
on
time
this
morning
with
a;
grand
parade
of
boats
around
the
harbor
following
by
the
commencement
or
a
program
of
sixteen
major
f
aquatic
events
which
occupied
:
j
all
morning
and
Is
continuin
into
this
afternoon.
At
the
order
of
Mayor
II,
M.
Daggett,
the
city
Is
taking
the
day
off
as
far
as
the
most
of
business
is
concerned.
H.M.CJS.
Crescent,
sleek
grey
Canadian
destroyer,
Is
here
to
lend
color
to
the
proceedings.
One
Ketchi-Ikan
yacht
outrode
a
fierce
jitcrm,
which
forced
back
two
companion
vessels,
to
arnve
here
and
lend
International
at-
inospherc
to
the
celebration
Keen
interest
and
competition
Is
marking
the
various
events
which
this
morning
In-
eluded
rowboat
races,
power
cruiser
sprint,
salmon
collectors'
boat
race
and
glllnetters
race
e
ionowea
tms
aiternoon
by
M&oara
ana
ouiooara
motorboat
speedboat
races,
whaler
and
trol-
ier
races,
naiiout
gear
'setting
and
hauling
cqntcst,
sailboat
race,
fishing
vessel
races,
ladies'
.rowboat
race,
and
canoe
sprint.
The
day's
proceedings
will
come
to
a
close
with
a
big
dance
tonight
when
the
day's
prizes
will
be
presented
by
the
Port
Queen.
(Continued
on
Page
3)
Local
Tides
Friday,
August
23,
1946
High
10:59
17.1
feet
22:47
20.2
feet
Low
4:31
4.0
feet
"
16:39
8.6
feet
During
their
brief
stay
In
i
Prince
Rupert,
occasion
wast
taken
by
the
ocal
I.OD.K,
headed
by
the
municipal
regent,
Mrs.
D.
C.
Stuart,
to
present
Lady
Margaret
with
a
beautiful
bouquet
of
flowers.
The
Alexander
children,
garbed
in
their
camping
sweaters
and
slacks,
were
driven
about
the
town
In
an
.army
jeep
by
Sgt.
Darrow
Gomez
who
won
the
D.C.M,
overseas
and
who
will
'be
Invested
with
the
decoration
at
a
later
date
by
His
Excellency.
The
Governor-General,
wearing
his
field
marshal's
uniform,
stepped
from
warship
to
dock
as
a
naval
guard
of
honor
stood
at
attention
on
the
deck
of
the
destroyer.
Lady
Margaret
wore
a
smart
grey
worsted
suit
with
small
hat.
The
first
to
greet
the
viceregal
couple
were
Mayor
Daggett
and
Col.
S.
D.
Johnston.
After
they
had
briefly
chatted
with
Their
Excellencies,
Mrs.
Stuart
and
her
party
were
called
out
frdm
the
assembled
crowd
and
It
was
Miss
Peggy
Grogan
of
Galloway
Rapids
girls'
chapter
of
the
I
O.D.E.
who
actually
made
the
presentation
of
a
huge
bouquet
of
Prince
Rupert
flowers
consisting
of
gladioli,
snapdragons,
roses,
candytuft
and
baby
royals,
all
tastefully
arranged.
Mrs.
S.
V.
Cox,
stah-(Contlnued
on
Page
Six)
IS
GOING
BACK
WAR
FOOTING
"PAT"
NIXON
IS
YOUNG
CAPTAIN
tt.-Cdr.
"Pat"
Nixon,
R.C.N.,
popular
captain
of
H.M.C.S.
Crescent,
Is
one
of
the
youngest
commanding
officers
in
the
Royal
Canadian
Navy.
Yesterday
he
celebrated
his
twenty-ninth
birthday
while
hcwas
bringing
his
ship
here
with
the
Governor
-
General
aboard.
At
the
age
of
twenty-five
he
assumed
his
first
command
H.M.C.S.
Chaudiere,
a
destroyer
In
war
service
jJn
thej
Atlantic
It
was
while
In
Chaudiere
that
he
was
awarded
-the
D.S.O.
lUs
home
Is
In
Victoria,
LABOR
POLICY
IS
CRITICIZED-
OTTAWA
W-M.
F,
Coldwell,
Co,
-
operative'.
Commonwealth
t
eosraiion.
leaner
urnea
iiue
1
?oyernrnent
yesterday
lo
"re
move
Canada"
from
the
stralght-
tecket
ten
cents.
In
which
sh
has
been
placed
and
warned
(hat
the
"sreat
need
b
both
to
aVbid
inflation
and
.serve
the
people
is
lo
produce
more
and
more."
He
charged
that
the
Industrial
relations
committee
hrd
failed
"to
do
what
the
House
expected
It
to
do"
and
said
Its
report
lacked
"positive
approach
lo
the
urgent
labor
crisis."
John
Bracken,
Progressive
Conservative
leader,
in
an
address
last
night,
said
that
"in-,
consistences
of
government
policy"
made
any
further
proceedings,
of
the
House
of
Commons
Industrial
relations
committee
"worthless
Insofar
as
its
endeavors
to
find
a
basis
of
settling
the
steel
strike
are
concerned."
He
criticized
lack
of
co-operation
of
the
Wartime
Prices
and
Trade
Board
and
'Department
of
Iibor
and
said
settlement
of
the
steel
strike
now
rested
on
the
government's
doorstep.
Britain
Demands
Free
Elections
LONDON
The
British
government
Is
ready
to
take
action
If
Poland
does
not
conduct
free
elections
as
required
under
the
Potsdam
agreement.
Economic
measures
would
be
taken.
Raps
Retirement
Of
Older
People
OXFORD,
Eng.
Ot
Tendency
to
retire
old
people
to
the
"fireside
to
dry
and
rot"
is
wasteful
Says
Prof.
L.
King
of
the
Oxford
Institute
of
Psychology.
"Experiments
show
that
a
man
can
be
highly
productive
up
to
70
or
more,"
he
said
In
an
address,
"no
evidence
has
emerged
showing
that
there
is
any
essential
decline
In
mental
powers
up
to
80
to
90."
"If
the
population,
trend
continues
we
are
going
to
have
a
larger
number
of
old
people.
They
will
have
to
come
up
to
their
full
stature
of
personality
and
to
contribute'
what
they
can
to
the
:ommonwealh
of
Ideas."
McNARNEY-LaGUARDIA
BERLIN
Gen
McNainey,
United
States
Army
com-commander-ln-chlcf
In
Europe,
said
that
FioTella
La-Guardia
was
not
stating
facts
wheSi
he
said
that
the
Army
was
Interfering
with
UNRRA
activities
in
Germany.
Ultimatum
Menacing
WASHINGTON
(CP)
The
American
government's
48-hour
ultimatum
to
Yugoslavia
ticked
away
today
with
the
United
States
ready,
if
necessary,
for
a
showdown
involving
the
whole
structure
of
world
peace.
In
a
grave
and
angry
indictment,
the
Unite'd
States.
set
Friday
night
as
the
dead
line
for
the
Soviet-backed
Balkan
state
to
free
the
imprisoned
American
airmen
of
one
plane
attacked
by
Yugoslav
fighter
planes,
and
to
permit
American
diplomats
to
investigate,
the
second
incident
of
an
American
plane
shot
down
near
Tito's
summer
home.
The
United
States
warned
that
unless
those
demands
are
j
met
by
8
o'clock
Friday
night!
(Pacific
Standard
Time),
the
United
States
government
"will
call
upon
the
Security
Council
of
the
United
NaUons
to
meet
promptly
and
to
take
appropriate
acUoh."
Meanwhile
at
Belgrade,
Tito
summoned
hb
number
one
foreign
relations
expert
to
help
for
mulate
a
stand
on
the
American
ultimatum.
The
United
States
this
.
m
o
r
n
j
in
f
.
i
;e
j
ni
Jqs
M
g
hp
r
shipping
ccntrols
on
the
country's
merchant
navy
In
the
face
of
the
Yugoslav
crisis.
In
addition,
foreign
shipping
has
been
ordered
to
report
its
movements
to
coatguard
bases
in
the
San
Francisco
area.
The
move
was
made
in
order
to
keep
track
of
domestic
and
foreign
ship
movements
off
the
American
coast.
Canadian
naval
Headquarters
said
thb
morning
that
no
similar
order
has
yet
been
Issued
by
the
Canadian
government.
Meanwhile,
no
word
has
come
cut
of
the
tiny
village
of
Bled
oil
the
CzechoSlovak-YugoSlav
border
where
the
American
ambassador
to
Yugoslavia
Is
conferring
with
Marshal
Tito.
An
unofficial
report
by
the
Brit
ish
news
agency
Wlre!ess
Tele
graph
stating
that
the
American
fliers
Interned
by
the
Yugoslav
government
liave
been
re
leased
has
not
been
confirmed.
At
Washington,
top
diplomatic
authorities
reported
that
the
United
States
is
considering
fighter
plane
protection
for
American
transport
planes
which
may
pass
near
the
Yugoslav
bor
der,
flying
the
Austrian-Italian
route.
Actual
expiration
time
of
the
American
48-hour
ultimatum
Is
In
doubt
since
it
is
not
known
whether
the
United
States
gov
ALBANIAN
Demands
Seat
at
Teacc
ConferenceWill
Never
Agree
to
Change
in
Borders
PARIS
ff
The
Prime
Minister
of
Albania
demanded
yestcrfry
that
the
peace
conference
seat
him
as
an
equal
and
asserted
that
the
Balkan
state
never
would
consent
to
any
changes
In
Its
borders.
Many
of
hb
remarks
were
directed
against
Greece
which
was
also
the
target
of
Russia.
Britain
Helping
Sweden
to
Trace
.
Rocket
Missiles
IX3NDON
Oreat
Britain
Is
loaning
radar
equtpment
to
Sweden
to
assist
that
country,
in
tracing
the
path
of
rocket
missiles
which
have
been
for.
some
time
passing
over
the
country
and
are
believed
to
have
coma
from
Russia.
To
YugoSlavia
World
Peace
ernment
b
allowing
Marshal
Tito
43
hours
from,
the
time
the
document
was
issued
at
Washington
or
from
the
time
it
was
received
In
Belgrade.
Early
reports
took
for
granted
that
the
expiration,
time
of
the
ultimatum
would
be
48
hours
after
It
was
received
by
the
Yugoslav
government,
which
would
be
8
o'clock
Friday
night,
Pacific
Daylight
Time.
No
official
news
of
the
crbls
has
yet
been
broadcast
by
the
Yugc61av
radio,
although
nationals
of
that
country
have
heard
the
story
carried
by
Swiss
broadcasting
stations.
In
Belgrade
today,
posters
calling
you
as
men
to
the
colors
were
displayed
prominently.
The
classes
being
called
up
are
al
lowed
one
week
to
teport
for
military
duty.
,jf
:i
.-,
.y-
...
Yugoslavia1
AND
GREECE
Tito
Recalls
His
Minister
Because
pf
"Insults"
in
Press
BELGRADE
0A
Foreign
Office
spokesman
said
yesterday
that
the
Yugoslav
minister
to
Greece
had
been
"brought
back
for
an
indefinite
period
of
leave"
because
the
Yugoslav
government
had
not
received
a
satb-factory
answer
lu
protests
against
"Insults
to
Marshal
Tito
in
the
Greek
press."
Premier
King
Under
Fire
Red
Shrapnel
Files
Close
to
Mr.
King
While
at
Berlin
Airport
BERLIN
tF;
Fifteen
minutes
before
Prime
Minister
Mackenzie
King
arrived
at
the
airport
here
yesterday
for
a
flight
to
Nuern-,
berg
in
continuation
of
his
tour
of
Germany
there
was
a
series
cf
explosions
at
a
nearby
Red
Army
training
ground
followed
by
the
whistle
of
shrapnel
and
the
fall
of
a
five-inch
chunk
of
shrapnel
only
100
yards
from
the
plane
which
was
waiting
for
the
Prime
Minister.
It
was
described
as
an
accident,
a
common
incident
of
stray
practice
firing
or
demolition.
Mr.
King
took
the
incident
calmly
and
merely
smiled.
BLAST
ROCKS
LOS
ANGELES
Exploslcn
of
Volatile
Fuel
Wrecks
Aero-Jet
riant
AZUSA,
Cal.
Oi
At
least
eight
persons
were
killed
and
more
than
a
score
were
injured
yesterday
as
an
explosion
of
vola
tile
fuels
wrecked
the
plant
of
the
Aero-Jet
Engineering
Cor
poration.
The
blast
jarred
Los
Angeles
and
was
felt
within
a
30-mlle
radius.
BOAT
ACCIDENT
TAKES
LIFE
OF
LOCAL
ENGINEER
Victim
of
an
accident
aboard
the
fbh
packer
QuathiaskI
J4,
Allan
Maughan,
2?
-
year
-
old
Prince
Rupert
marine
englcietr,
died
at
5:45
yesterday
afternoon
at
Gardner
Canal
a
scant
few
minutes
before
medical
help,
which
might
have
saved
his
life,
could
get
to
him
by
aircraft.
Hb
leg
badly
mangled
when
hb
trousers
were
caught
In
the
revolving
tall
shaft
of
the
fbh
packer,
Maughan
succumbed
shortly
before
the
arrival
from
Prince
Rupert
of
Dr.
L.
W.
Ker-
gln
who
made
tn
emergency
flight
on
the
Queen
Charlotte
Airlines
flying
boat
Haida
Queen.
Wtord
of
the
accident
was
radioed
to
Prince
Rupert
by
Capt.
Chrb
Nixon
of
the
QuathiaskI
14
which
was
operating,
along
Gardner
Canal
lor
B.
C.
Packers
Edmunds
and
Walker
plant
here,
Maughan
was
engineer
aboard
the,
vessel.
Kergin
made
the
100-mile
flight
In
less
than
an
hour,
he
arrived
too
late
to
be
of
help
to
the
Injured
man.
The
oody
was
re
turned
to
Prince
Rupett
on
the
Haida
Queen
last
night.
A
resident
of
Prince
Rupert
since
coming
here
from,
Toronto
three
years
ago,
Maughan
is
survived
by
hb
widow,
Mrs.
Heather
Maughan,
an
employee
of
the
Northern
B.C.
Power
Co.
The
50-foot
Quathiaski
14,
chartered
by
B.C.
Packers,
b
owned
by
the
McLean
brothers,
Seal
Cove
boat
builders.
Coroner
M.
M.
Stephens
said
today
that
an
inquest
into
Maughan's
death
will
be
held
when
the
Quathiaski
14
returns
from
Gardner
Canal.
The
vessel
b
lying
in
the
inlet
awaiting
a
new
engineer.
Brigadier
Plow
To
Attend
Park
-
Dedication
Here
'
Brigadier
E.
D.
Plow,
officer
commanding
Military
Dbtrlct
11,
Vancouver,
will
represent
Canada
at
the
dedication:
Qf
Franklin
D.
Roosevelt
Parkiat
Prince
Rupert
on
September?,
it
was
announced
in
Vancouver
thb
morning.
YUGOSLAVIA
:
AIDED
MOST
Has
Been
Principal
Beneficiary
So
Far
From
UNRRA,
It
is
Revealed
NEW
YORK
Ironically
e
n
o
u
s
h,
Yugoslav,
between
which
nation
and
the
United
States
a
crisis
has
developed,
has
been
the
chief
recipient
of
assistance
from
United
Naltons
Relief
and
Rehabilitation
Admlnbtra-tion
to
which
United
States
has
been
the
principal
contributor.
Poland
has
been
second
in
benefits
and
Greece,
third.
LONDON
Wi
Eric
Cossum,
19,
was
sent
to
a
Borstal
improvement
home
for
three
years
for
opening
a
mall
box
with
a
screw
driver
-and
stealing
letters
containing
cheques.
TODAY'S
EVENTS
CIVIC
CENTRE
CARNIVAL
7
p.m.
STAGE
SHOW
.
11
p.m.
PRESENTATION
OF
PORT
DAY
PRIZES'
11:30
p.m.
DANCE