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PRINCE GBORQS, B. CL
THUT3DAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1936
Five Cetv
Hon. John Hart is Confident British Columbia is on Road to Prosperity
flNANCE MINISTER IS OPTIMISTIC IN HIS BUDGET
REBELS ARE PRESSING MADRID BUT DEFENDERS STILL HOLDING OUT
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London, Nov. 10�Although, the'Spanish government has withdrawn from Madrid and has established tempor-KT,' .j'| All d � t j � Iarv headquarters at Valencia, on the
table Recovery INoted in All Basic Industries During the , Mediterranean, there is as yet no evi-" -�- - j dence of a willingness to surrender the
capital to the 1 evolutionary forces of Generals Franco and Mola. Pre.-s reports of the fighting have been very conflicting. General Franco's Foreign Legionnaaires and Moors have been represented as fighting in the streets of Madrid, but while they may have taken part of the environs of the capital and their artillery has been raking ^ee� tic-ns of the city no large part of General Franco's army seems to have gained entrance. Today's dispatches seemed to discredit previou-s reports as to the close investment, of the. capital. Wjhen it appeared, according to rebel dispatches, the capitulation of the capital could be but a matter of hours.
Three-Year Period�Finance Minister Will Turn Deaf Ear To Monetary Nostrums and Meet Obligations.
Victoria, Nov. 7�Striking features of the budget of Hon. in Hart, delivered in the legislature yesterday, were the an-"'o'uncement of relief for the municipalities in the matter of social statement no new taxes were contemplated
service costs an
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for the ensuing fiscal year. Some months ago there was consider-|k with respect to new taxes, but business conditions have d to such a degree, with steady increases in government that the necessity for new or increased taxes is .believed
improve revenues to have passed.
The total revenue estimated to .u.,.rUe from all sources during the Jiar totalled *M,.o�,SUAti. This sum although exceeding the cur-u"t year's estimate by 52,156,800, approximated closely the anticipated volume cf collection that would to made. The estimated total of nipircMures amounted to $26,390,-594.65 arid exceeded the paihanien-('�;. grants for the current year bv'82.198,000.62. Included in the ncruure in expenditures were such items as restoration of salaries SSI 000; aid to municipalities $691,-0()0: and additional highway and bridges appropriations $400,000.
Revenue accruals of $26,469,341.46 during 1937-38 were anticipated to pro-ride S25 641.842.65 for ordinary expenditure- and $748,752 for debt redemp-
Excellent Seed Exhibit at the District Fair
Despite Delayed Harvesting and Threshing Good Showing in Twenty-Five Classes
Annual Fair Now Recognized as a Fixture of Increasing Value to the Growers
Social Service Costs Assumed by the Province
Finance Minister Hart Relieves the Municipalities of Charge of �691,000
EFFECTIVE~APRIL. 1ST
The annual seed fair of the Central Interior was held in Prince George on Friday, under the combined auspice^ of th? provincial and federal departments of agriculture, the hall in which the fair was held being fittingly decorated with evergreens, grains and grasses, While the walls earned sgricul-�sxccizd t^ho. li^ure of any.one year since Itn^ .resi?tan.ce �f i^s defenders notice-1 tural charts and weed posters, and 1930. Conveyed with a production of I aWV strengthened, and it was report- j se: d samples were in display for "eclu-$36,300,000 in 1933, British Columbia iec* reinforcements had been received | cational purposes, .tvs year-, will hav: a p.eduction iig-ure! flcm Catalonia which included a num.- ] Mayor Patterson officially opened the cf at least $47,350,000. which is an in- ! ber of tanks. fair at 2.15 o'clock in the afternoon.
CTC-aiss of $11.050.0Q0 over 1933. Recov- i Tne defence forces ere said to be'.In addressing the gathering of farm-
ery
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:jain evident in our fishin<>- in- ' stilJ holding all bridge-head'; leading
Vf"iv=rc.3.s in 1933 cur prcduc-
intc the capital, with mest of them
ers and visitors from the various d\s-trlcts he reviewed the history and in-
tion amounted to $11,000,000. it is esti- rnined so that they can be blown up troduction of reed shows and fairs mated that the return for 1936 will be when it becomes impossible for the de- I thrbu�hout t.'.ic dominion from the ear-S16.C0O.O00. I fending forces to retain their hold! lse~t period. Mr. Patterson paid hi-rh
The tremendous gain made in om tourist business ha-; been evident to mo?t pecple; but the extent ci the increase has only just been determined.
The figures to hand I'.ourist trade this year
that the amounts to
upon them. There was a report current! tribute to the very excellent exhibit tcday that the defence council held I of grains. dove?r and certified seed po-a meeting in the cellar of a public I tatoes entered for competition bv local building when despair was expressed growers as well as ficm the adjacent of the ability cf the defenders to much I districts of the Bulkley, Nechako. Mc-longer hold off the attackers. Re-bel j Bride. Woodpecker, etc.. and predicted'
S23.000.GOO as compared with $8,795,000 P^nes now appear to be more numer- a healthy future for the seed growin
in 1933. cr an incieass cf $14,205,000 ous< and at several points rebel aitil- Industry, of tit ditit
which is a gain cf 162 par cent These jJerv *s within easy range of the heart Despite a figures are based en tha" ote.nd?-d set of the city-
by the dominion bureau of statistics.
R. H. POOLEY DECIDES TO RETIRE AT END OF
1936, which is an increase of S76.740.36l i
development within the province. , a legislature without a Pooley will be The foregoing summary assures us i something new in British Columbia as
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the pvesent member tos represented > Drnqidson & Sons; Telkwa
BUDGET SPEECH SHOWS TURN IN TIDE OF B. C. DEVELOPMENT
Hon. Je'.in Hart used seme illuniin-
Esquinvalt for many years, and before j him his father, the late Charles E. j Pocley. a former speaker, represented i the constituency for many years. R. H. [ Pocley was the only Conservative can-I d'dnte offering in the last general el-j oction to be returned, o-
�ly Sl.600.000 more than the j ^ jn h t h p R DUNBAR WILI PAY
i contribution by the_ three (ho Ie^lature cn Frld Somo o!-, LAKL UUK'BAK WILL I A Y
this interesting information leaked out in May la-L cn the maturing of provincial debentures amounting to $3.-
i cn cr expenditures totalling $26,390,- ar/i are quite conservative.
5.04 65. thus leaving a revenue surplus To recapitulate, it will be found that
of $78,746.81 'cur basic industries alone have ad-1
industry would be glad to know, the priced from a total production of! THE PRESENT SESSION minister declared, that it was not pro- ( S125.69o.000 in 1933 to S202.435.361 m> posed to increase taxation. The government had always felt that dual taxation on incomes was too heavy a burden upon the people of this province, and at the last dominion-provincial conference a brief was submitted asking the dominion" to withdraw from the income tax field.
Mr. Hart pointed out that British Columbia was the third largest contributor to the dominion by'way of fed-. eral jnccme tax. During the -first nine months of this year a total of $5,639.-289.64 had been paid by British Co-lumbia, or an amount twice as large as that paid by.the maritime provinces, j and nearly Sl.600.000 more than the combined
prairie provinces. On a per capita basis, tlie minister disclosed that British Columbia paid in federal income tax $8.12 as compared with $2.56 for the maritime provinces and $1.73 in the prairie provinces.
It was the intention of the govern-mEiit lo present these facts at the next conference to be held in Ottawa, and to lenew the request that the dominion - '. rnment withdraw from the field cf direct taxation.
The economic progress of the last three years had .facilitated greatly op-nations on current account, the minister said, adding that it would bt? found that during the four-year period ending March 3-1-st, 1937, the government, from its current revenues, would i ;. only have met all ordinary requirements, amounting to approximately ?8S44<).314.05, but also would have ef-t'ale! debt reductions aggregating $5.-858.562.G3, and would complete that period with a surplus of $987,779.85 over nil expenditure charged to income. The policy carried cut so successfully was marie to apply to the year 1937-38 also. w'n n a revenue surplus of $78,746.81 was anticipated. Since 1933 there have i"ri�!i 1637 new companies incorporated i� the province with a total authorized tnpitn] of $312,144,320 and of this number 492 were extra-provincial enm-
distvicts.
De'-pite adverse weather conditions J which delayer! harvesting and threshing, the various clashes, some twenty-j five in number, were well represented j S. G. F^resfeon. district floriculturist of j Smithers. acted as official judge, the � dcta'l^.and management being under j the cafe of J. Travis, district agricul-i turist. Prince George.
The following were the awards in e order cf
MltcheU
Silverthrbne. Hou-ston; John Orr. Palling
Oats, medium cr late�C Prcut, Van-derhcof; A. Miller. Mud River; J. G.
SUPREME PENALTY ON FRIDAY, NOV. 27th
500.000 when the minister was able, j Vancouver. Ncv7 10�Earl Dunn �\s the result of improved revenues to sentenced to death for Irs part in c.c find the amount necessary for redemp- � necticn with ;icn. Heic art* some cf the figures il- ; fjobbs.
Untrating ,'th'si improved condit'on:
the death of William teller in the branch of the n Bank of Commerce-, has lost
During the fiscal year 1935-36. reve- his fight fcr life. Sentenced to tic nue collection-; on current accounts witn charlcj Russell on November 6th amounted to $25,622,341.40. cr n volume a reprieve was given Duntoar until'Fri-n-eater than any ever experienced by j day, November 27th. pending his ap-hr
'��-in- with his financial policy 1 '�! John Hart made it clear that the liioned method of meeting ob-;!!- us when they are due still holds _ai peal for him. He said:
iqiic1 ti.onably, this influx of new bas been due. in a great meas-the assurance given by this veinnjrnt tha.t investments were. '�'(-;ild ccntinue to be, regarded as . ;! trust's. Any suggestion of re- j �iclimjon. cr sympathy toward those ^ would jeopardize the credit of this ' nncc- and that of private business ;ii carefully avoided. In the '�' severe handicaps, created by ^ experimentation of financial nos-** elsewhere,- the government h?s fled in preserving: British Column-edit position intact." ' 'swing the ba'3ic industries of the fOn?ff. c tne minister said the gain in "�' Production bad been phenom-1933 the forestry production
province in tho p^st. Revenue accruals from Jill sources for the year nde:I March 31st. 193fi. amounted to $25,862,077.32. This sum. Mr. Hart rrd, enabled ordinary expend'tures ag-rrega'ting $22,649,595.27, and debt redemption provisions to the extent of *593.3O6.63. leaving a ��urplus in revenue over expenditure of $2.(519.175.42. Actual collections of .$25,862,077.32 exceeded tho estimate of $22,493,891.46 by $3,368.185.86.
Prom the toial expenditure of $22. 384.303.28 euthc-rzed bv the main estimates fcr 1935-3(5 there remained mr-�M3=hde.d. tihe minict-r said, a total of c2",fi.r70'2.G9 at the end of the yen-v. Additional expenditures of S505.609.73 had been incurred under authority of fin-Dlemrntary (����; inn I �: $50(1542.20 nrr!"r ^t?1uiory authorit'e-3. and $22,049.28 under authority cf special warrants. Ths tottil of all expenditures out or income wn-. therefore. $23,242,901.90. tlie min;'lrr stated.
Ertimated revenue fcr the ciivrenl vcr amcunted !o P24 312.541.46; cf "�hieri mm Pir-e r>U'ep.r1V '>"r' bs?n r�l-lected SI4 993.08(1.59. computat'ons in-d"rated, conservative-lv. VrM the nctnol volimis of revent'" acrrua'--; during the cuvrrnt year would approximate $26.--)(ir> 000.
Th- m�.in e^timn.t?s"Cr pvn�nditi>re for lP36-:i7 urrvided $24.i9:?.riP4.o:i The -� -iril exnenHJtiwes' recorded in the C-orf),ptTc]ler-Genei*ar.s books nt the end -r September amounted to $11 312.886. Thi? Him. however, since H d'd not 'nelude unno?-ted \i- i niary 23rd. 1934.
Thrcur?hcu1 hi r life in South Port George and in Piince George ^T:�-. Blair tock. an active interest in all pub-lice matters. She \v?r a member of
Wheat, spring�S. Zimlo. R. R. 1. Prince George; Arthur Klohn. Mc-Bride: Kerkhcff Bro�.. Wocdoscker. Wn�3t. winter�A. Miller. Mud R'ver. Barlfty. 5ix-rowed�W S. C. Ccck5 Quick: J. Bourtvon. Telkwa; Kc.rkhoff Bro?., Wocdperkei1.
Per"--, field�Kolliiri- A- PailU. Wo".cl-rerkrr: L. Larson, R. R. 1. Prince J Gecrae; A. M"iiler. Mird River
Ppas cannery�A. Miller. Mud River. TimcShy�Charles Barrett. Barrett | Lake; Frank Munaer. Wa'cott
Clover, red�E. J. Down. Wppdoeck-i er: Hurry Thompson, R.R 1 Prince I George.
Clever. Bi?(ke�kerkhoff Bro^. Wood-| n'peker; KolliiTr .^r Paiili. Wcodpecker: 1 Hwih Blackburn. R. R. 1 Prince ; George. x
Potatoes, certified seed am other j variety�K. E Gardcll. New.lan.ds.'
Po*^i!e'\s. commercial, nnv varietv. \ rcund�K. E. Garden. Newlands.
Ctoes, commercial, any varietv j lono�Ivor Ha mi up, Woodpecker: K ! E. Gardcll. Newlands.
Commercial Seed Clash's Wheat, winter�A. Miller. Mu.-J Ri1 ��-�. C'.tlv. e'aiiv�donated bv Distrio' 3"
Farmers' In?f!tutes Bulkley R. Brolin. Pallin?
Timetl\v�Donated by the , ChnmbcV cf Commerce W. rf. C ' Quick
Clrvnr. alsike�Donated bj c~poy'-� Beard of Trade�K^rkhni' Wccdpecker.
CANADIAN LEGION MEMBERS SPONSOR \RMISTICE SERVICES
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the lecal chapter cf Eastern Star, and : wp;o i;,Tu:"iy attend
The members of the local branch of the Cansdian Legion sponsored public i Aimistice Bay seivices in their hail on I Wedmsday morning which were largely att?ndcd. S^me minutes before the imc fixed for the two-minutes silence ' i platoon cf returned men foil-in un-| e'er th.e command of W. H. Crocker. i i nd led by a pipe and dium b'nnd par-1 pded through the bus iv-:- section of the c-:tv. followed by members of trie : Hoy Scout-; and Girl Guides. The armistice services in the assembly � hall, I which were conducted* by Rev. Arch-| de?ccn Pcllinger. ns?!sted by Rev. N. | J. Crees cf Kncx church ancl Captain I Bumsdcn, of he Salvation Army
Municipalities Were Made Liable For These Charges in the Depression of 1932
Victoria. Nov 7�In his budget speech in the legislature yesterday Hon. John Hart announced that with the beginning of the fiscal year on April 1st the province will relieve the municipalities of their annual charge of $691,000 on account ci .:.C2".ali;eiv'icis. "UiU -will be welcome news to the municipalities. Dealing with this phase cf the nmni-I cipal problem the finance minister ex-j plained that during the course of the j current year a committee had been en-| gaged in assembling comprehensive | statistics dealing with the financial j position of all municipalities. This . would ssive as a valuable guide to the (government, when completed, in arriving at conclusions on matters appertaining to the economic structure of organized areas.
In 1932, the municipalities were made ! liable by the government of that time | lor the partial cost of social services. i This involved the payment by them of 50 per cent cf the cast of mothers' pensions applicable to municipal cases; ] 50 cents per diem for all municipal in-j mates in mental hospitals; 80 cents I per diem for all municipal inmates in j the boys' and girls' industrial schools. j and finally. $1.25 per diem, instead of ; 70 cents as formerly, for each munici-\ pal patient cared lor in the Tranquille i sanatorium.
In response to appeals by municipal-i ities for the removal of these charge?, i the government had decided, in so far ' as these costs were concerned, not only ! to restore the municipalities to their J former position, but also to grant them ! further assistance by assuming the full � i cost of patients in the Tranquille sa'n-I atorium. The effect cf this decision. j Mr. Hart declared, would be that, whereas during 1935 the municipalities \ contributed an a:igrcs;ate of $621,315 [towards there services, the government. I after March 31st, 1937. would assume permanently these charges, thereby j incurring an increased expenditure cf j $691,000.
In conjunction with the foregoing", the minister drew retention to Hie : full extent of government assist.nice j to municipalities. The province, he said, made grants towards teachers' salaries. These grants had risen steadily to S1.18G.7G2.99 in 1933-34. and \ during 1937-38 they wculd amount to $1.450.000. Sundry ('her grants for educational purposes would, during the I forthcoming year, exceed $85,000; and ', the shave cf the motor-vehicle licemc"? i distributed to organized areas would 1 involve an expenditure of- $570 000. | From these sources, therefore, munici-1 palities would receive, during 1037-38. I the sum of $2,105,000.
Over and abeve there grants, and | the cost, of serial sendees, amounting : to $691,000. which the government was � now ai:umin�.municiparties had ben-! efitfed already by the cut from 33 1-3 | to 20 per cent in the proportion cf un-! employment relief, "costs chargeable to | them, which cin would enable a mu-! njcipal savin-sr during the current year< of some $521.7(10.
The~municJpalities also were receiving approximately $41,800 ns aids towards the cot of medical, dental and 1" ''Hi .� vie � fcr un'3mnloyed. Tho .-aviirr to them by the reduction to 3.5 . per cent on demand note= issued to the government for unemployment relief loans amounted to $11 584, Mr. Hart stated Tn ade'it-on to this the nrn:--I plained \ : }'�' vin"._ lit been
eighty per cent of Ihe cost of nance cf tP':iv municipal indig and unemployable;, who, al-thf.r.'li carried a-- unemployed on relief, were strictly speaking a distinct nuinicipnl charge.
VANDERHOOF POST OFFICE ROBBED OF �700 ON FRIDAY NIGHT
tor pnyi main gent?
was prominently identified with the work of the Women's Hospital Auxil-iviy and r'-.e Wcmnn's Association of Knox United Church. A firnd to the poor, she waj ever gensrous to these in nerd, and her charitic-3 while numerous were knewn to herself only. She was 63 years old at the time of h?r death, nnd is survived by her
TIM BUCK ASSERTS REVOLUTIONISTS WILL NOT CAPTURE SPAIN
Toronto Nov. 10�Tim Buck. Canadian CDnimunist. who is out of Kins- mother' MIrs. S. Snook, of Svdenhani ........
-.Eotipsn1tentlBryon.ticket-of-l?ave.has Ontario: her s-'ster Mrs. R. H. Smith.., Conne!l toiav
turned i-n in this c'ty prvfn aft-er hav- elso of Svdenh?-m. and by numerou-3 ; Robert Conneu toaaj
in."- made a trip to Soain. While in nieces and nephews. ] political party. He
SVsain Tim Bu'k is .snid to have given Ts,e funeral Fei-vicCs were onnducted
On the conclusicn of the sendees in Lha as embiy hall the retuvned men. accompanied by a large part cf the r-ud'ence. paid a vis:t to the cemetery where wreaths were' laid cn the graves 3f returned men and the Lrt Post was rounded by Bugler Jock Aitkcn.
Victoria. .Nov.-7�With the appcint-ment of a provisional cotincil Rev. launched his new took with him three former members of the C.C.F. at
Communist povernment a hand in in Knox united church on Thusrday ulx:ent holding seats in the legislature
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f polices deSed to AmuSt J
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made today Tim Buck de- ill
deSed to AmuSt J A^ment m y
%���&<�^ thT gov- r'nifd the rebel forces will never sue
Pble to announce tbnt the j r-ed in conquering Uw Simrush gov-
that industry in 1936 will i eniment.
Price. M.L.A.. trea Bakewell. ML A. secret
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Word was received in this city Saturday to tne effect that -sometime on Friday night or early Satin day morning the Vanderhcof pos'toffice was robbed cf a registered miil sack, believed to contain money-orders and cn-h to the vahi? 6f $700 Entrance into the past-office was secured by the . forcing of a window. Sergeant Gammon and Constable Frank Cooke motored up to Vanderhbsf as soon as th<-crime was reported, but it is not known ' whether any elue-i bearing c\\ the robbery hav? been uncovered; Rumor has
� it that t-he thieves counted on getting the gold-brick secured in the clean-up or r.ne of the McCorkell companies in the north, but the brick was said to be in the Canadian Bank of Commerce
I at the time. Mrs. E. Patterson' has' been in charge of the post office since the d'pnt-h of her husband, tho former l>ostmaster.