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CITIZEN
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C., ' THURSDAY, JUNE 2S~ 1925.
'Xrades Licence Bylaw Now Awaits Final Passage
Changes for the Most Part Are in * the Way of Increases Over ,Exi�ting Fees.
Lcw Against Beer Parlor. Will be
th<- Chief Revenue Producer
of Changes.
-ri trides' licence bylaw was put
,,u. at the meeting, of the city
�' jast evening and will Vcome
c0""Lu'e producer by July LCtii
.ri. upwards of thirty-five
� Vines of business which ipX\.welcome to Baron Byng of Vimy, in ,'�. if i nd blind they should know just ^ capacity as .Governor-General of wh�t -l.�. do to escape the payment oi Canada an(l pCrsonaV representative '�'V::V^CU^ce fees set on of the kink- It was.the second time taondiS^ve�lng those for hawkers. I in the history of the city that its peddlers and business solicitors wfrfc! residents were permitted* to extend a placed at !?r>d for six months. V, hen \ %vrfcome t0 a vice-regal visitor, and the Pawnbroker comej he ^ will J>e | ^.^ ^^ ^^ and h&^ng �
^�nVliSnce fortiesis set at SR \ pard for the expressed wish of his f JtnYfirat and $3 for the second Excellency that there should be no
circus performances the council, tendered the di showed its heart was in the right of the kings P'acc bv^reducinp the licence from to $20HTer day to $25 per day. This th urfwas decided upon when Alder-1a
sincere thanks and appreciation for including Prince George in your itinerary and hope that at some fut ure time we may again have the pleasure of welcoming you.
Shirley Guest and Florence Lam-
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bext, the little daughters of AldeT-I men Guest and Lambert, then pre-j sented Laay Byng with a handsome
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charges in the Hanes acidavit are. it.
made against Percy Masterman, the i � ---------
returning officer, and allege recent j. Melbourne, June 24.� Premier developments in connection with the Bruce announced yesterday that famous North Vancouver election. amendments to the trade treaty with The affidavit recites that on June '� Canada had been submitted to him 11th Hanes met Charles' H. Kittson. last week, and that he had thereupon campaign manager for Bryan, by ap- advised Premier King that if Cana-noinimont, when Kittson told Hanes da finally approved of them he would his conscience was bothering him, submit them to the commonwealth and t'nat he wished to tell all he knew parliament.
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tion. Kittson is alleged by Hanes to1 BRITISH COLUMBIA HAS have stated Masterman. and one J. BIG INTEREST IN THE
McXamara, opened the absentee'. AUSTRALIAN TREATY
voters' envelopes and Switched or ______
changed baKots so as to secure the , Vancouver, June 24.�British Co-election >>f. Bryan, and that B. Mvhumbia has a big interest in the Aus-McCall, a former business partner of tralian trade treaty now before the Kittson's, seuled^up the envelopes house of commons. By the terms of ifter the ballots had been changed. ! the treaty Australia will remove the Mr. Justice Murphy adjourned the (luty of $15 %vhicn it nas imposed up-hociring until Monday next. i on newsprint. The Australian mar-
; Uejt is good for from four to five mil-
PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED lion dollars' worth of newsprint each IN COMPETITION OF 'year. British Clumbia's paper mills
B.C. FOREST BRANCH .are closer than any others which
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Officials of the B. C. .forest branch .the provisions of the treaty, and *>""rl +v>� winners in the there is no reason why, in the event
aay Byng with
boquet. and performed their very gracefully'. H G P
part
ry gracefully.
H. G. Perry, M.L.A., then presented the welcome of the local government of the province. He said that on behalf of the province of British Columbia he, had been directed by Premier Oliver to convey to his Excellency and Lady Byng the best wishes of the government, and the hope that their stay in the city of Prince George, "and throughout ..the i ill be one of pleasure to
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is no doubt prevented many from letting therhseSves out, but Mayor Alward saw to it that the main street was dressed in flags and bunting, .that the school children were given a proper share in the proceedings, -and...that the, greatest possible number of citizens had an opportunity of i meeting the visitors.
His Excellency and Lady Byrtg wore met at the station on the arrival of their special train at 10 o'clock in the, morning by Mayor Alward and the members of the city council, P. E. Wilson, president of the board of trade, and. others, and conveyed in autos to the city hall, inj front of which a stand had been erected for reception purposes. Around this the children from the schools of Prince George. South " ' CT ~~'' r'""-
trall Fort*Geor they sang later "0 i can.
Mayor Alward, on �city, then presented with an addr.es" -* I was artistically the following text: i To His Excellency Baron Byng Vimy, Governor-General * of da, Etc.: We; the mayor, ! zons of Prince Georg_, sibn of the first visit which your ! ceile.ney has paid us, as Governor* ' ral of tlie Dominion, desire to s�*-?�;��. of His
the
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i- -mil had bf>en qverloolcingw^ of them which loomed large in the ald^nhuwfle mind, the Ritts-Kj.fer,_ Anjteften's and MacLeod's hall, it ^�decided to impose a licence oi $5 each for six months.
Fur dealers, that is buyers who drift into the city and pick up fur, will be required to pay a licence ot Sin half-yearly.
The licence for commission agents ��'� made the same as that of the
Wholesaler, as there has befen some
difficulty in the past in distmguish-
� � . between the two. Thb licence
now becomes $25 for six mo.nths. y The council decided to accept the
tender of J. Ceal for the municipal
cordwood supply. His figure was
$�1.95 tier cord. S. W. George, the retiring city
flerk, had a request before the coun-
cil foi remuneration for holidays not
taken last year, as well as for holiday not taken during the first half
"r Uio present year. The council de-
51"ne(T to consider the request tor
";'! ment for one week of holiday
Hme not taken during 1924, but was.
PRojJafe'd to allow for one weeks,
holiday for the first part of the cur-,
�nt year, and a vote of $50 %vas
made to cover ijhis.
FIELD DAY FOR PINEVIEW
ILLUSTRATION STATION �
IS SET FOR MONDAY
Th'> field day in connection with the Pineview illustration station has been set for Monday afternoon. A. '-. Richards, of the Summerland cx-Pcrimental farm, has charge of the wranj.'-onients. The speakers for the (il;v will include Prof. P. A. Boving. who will talk on "The Valuation of
parm Crops"; Prof. G. G. Moe, who Wnv=><= .......- -
^11 discuss clovers and grasses; and len l'P�" � among our people. We A- Morton, sheep-and swine promot- or:lhiy ' , ' i" ave announced the winners in the there is no reason why, in the event "Save the Forest"- competition which � of the treaty being ratified, British was opened in May last. The com-j.Columbia should not supply all the petition among the children this sea-' newsprint used in Australia.
was somewhat different from j------------------------
of former/years. A crossword j maYOR TAYLOR LOST HIS
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puzzle was one feature, and in addition there was a composition in which contestants were required to make use of terms produced in the working of the puzzle.
�In the Fort George forest district a total of sixteen prizes were offered. The first was a kodak, the next five Eversharp pencils and pens, and [
five Eversharp pencils anil pens, ami nrmawve, ouu ju me ,,,,, ,,.,,,.. the next ten Eversharp pencils. The majority was', against annexati first prize was \v6n by Alan S. Col-1 Mayor Taylor says he will have � ..<� <.>;,it, Fort Georce I nnimdar vote on the question at
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lency the appreciation of the govern-ment'iof the consideration being sJkJwti to the pro\nnce in the visit to its severail centers, which was but an evidence of the interest which had been, constantly manifested in the welfare of British Columbia.
On behalf of the people of the large district surrounding the city, and as their local representative in the legislature, Mr. Perry said he would like to convey their appreciation" of the honor which had been shown to them in connection with the visit of their Excellencies, and to ex-nress the hore that their visit to Prince George and to the other places throughout the province would prove an enjoyable one.
Baron Byng replied briefly. Addressing himself to the mayor, to the ladies and gentlemen and children, ^e said that as the representative of his majesty the king he desired to convey his thanks for the reception which had been tendered to himself and Lady Byng. One of the greatest nlersures which had been his since his arrival in Canada had been the opportunity presented in travelling through the dominion of meeting so many cf his former comrades in the Great War, together with their wives and the members of their families. One of the. greatest privileges which had come to him he regarded as that which placed him in command of the manhood of Canada for the period
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I ins"; -asre 15, of South Fort George school.
The winners' of the second prizes were: Dorothy McGowen, Dome Creek; Barbara Nichols, Prince George; Winnifred Bond, Finmoore; Dick Moore, Fort Fraser, and Angus
A. McMillan. Prince George. The third prize winners
were:
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Helen Bond, Finmoore; Lulu Moffat, Prince George; Roberta Boyle, Dome Creek; Helen McKenzie, Prince. George; Chas. A. Perkins, Prince George; Win. Ekel. Prince George; John Joseph Sims, Dome Creek; Jean Tsabel McGeachy, Vanderhoof; Vera G. Foot. Prince George; and Laura Alma Dezell^ Vanderhoof.
FIGHT FOR ANNEXATION WITH SOUTH VANCOUVER
Vancouver. June 23.�Mayor Taylor has lost the fight he made for the annexation of Vancouver and South Vancouver. The people of South Vancouver voted strongly in the affirmative, but in the city proper the . ----:���. -"""v.^tion.
jriityui iu,iiui ^.iav,., ..� ..... ve a
popuiar vote on the question at the next municipal election.
MEMBERS OF PRIVY COUNCIL.
London, June 24.�Hon. G. P. Graham, minister of railways, and Sir William Mulock. chief justice of the supreme court of Ontario, have been appointed members of the imperial privy council. They now become entitled to the prefix "Right Honorable."
FUNERAL SERVICES OF MRS. L. R. SELDON LARGELY ATTENDED LAST SUNDAY
The funeral services of the late Mrs. R. L. Seldon, of Fort Fraser,
cioredr of u. "' � ially as comman-
r^'th'e'r-ma Uan corps during the ,der of the. ( anau we
critic&l P^ u\;Vll a^inred. and we nr� al*a^w Hid Majesty's choice
T ^Sres^tative should . have Ial of a repress ^^ nnmc 1? so hon.
feei assured tn�,.rrespntfit.ve .�
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thS the rest of the the school children he
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ow, children," he said throe cheers for the hd h t
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Campbell. J. H. P. Lacey and J. R ) Heron. A number of bcaut.ful flora: wreaths testified to the esteem m which the deceased was held; One of these came from "Our Club a community organization of *orx Fraser in which the deceased took an active interest. The deceased was laid in a crave by the side of a sister, the late. Mrs. Stuart Campbell, me-! two sisters were married on the same day bv Rev. Father Coccola, who conducted the burial services on
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and they gave the cheers for the king with gusto.
Their Excellencies then held a r�,:
Wnnf- throe cheers for th
This Phased the youngsters west
Their Excellencies then held a e ception which filled in the time until the departure of their train for the
ARENA*D1RECTOR. ARRIVED IN THE CITY TODAY
Joe Fliegcr, of the 150-Mile House, who will be arena director in connection with the Stampede, arrived in the city today. He ha� forty head of stock on the way to Prince George from the south, twelve cowboy*, three girl rider*, anil two small boys who have acquired the habit of sticking to the saddle. Flicger is bringing in the best bucking horse in British Columbia. It rejoices in the name of "Two-Jump Tootsie," and the Stampede management is offering; a prize of $25 to any person who will make a qualifying ride on her during the progress of the big show.