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Continuing southerly winds will >ring rain to Prince George to-light, says the weatherman.'
Skies, will be cloudy, with gunny intervals today and Tues-jay. Low tonight will be 30 and ligh tomorrow 42.
PROVlNGiA
LIBRAFuesnel Conine Suspected?
Owners Subject To fines f Animals Found At Large
R.C.M.P. Will Enforce Rabies Restriction
A ban on the rnovement of dogs north of the 53rd parallel >f north latitude, which includes Prince George, will be stringently enforced by the R.C.M.P. in the face of a westward-spreading epidemic.of rabies..
Although it is still not known [whether any case of the dread [disease has occurred in British IColumbia, life of one dog in Ques-
iel was quickly ended last week
,'hen he showed symptoms of the
lalady.
Inspector E. S. W. Batty, t.C.M.P. officer commanding this area, said Saturday he had received full details of the ban and that ie was prepared to see that his fmen enforced it.
Reading from the formal order [�prescribing the ban, Inspector IBatty said that no dog in the {restricted area may be permitted to roam at large and that all dogs, Iwith the exception of. those used
TEACHERS SETTLE IN FOUR DISTRICTS
Members of the B.C. Teachers Federation in four Interior School districts have come to terms with their school boards as a result of arbitration board awards in Ques-nel and Williams Lake.
Four districts in which settlements have been reached are Me-Bride, Vanderhoof, Burns Lake and Smithers. Terms of the settlement are not yet known, but an official of the Burns Lake School Board has stated that the increased cost in their district will total
(for sledding, must be either chain-1 only $145 a month for 28 teachers. led up or kept in a suitable en-1 school boards in Prince George, [closure. j Terrace, Fort St. John and Daw-
Sled dogs may perform their j son Creek have been instructed usual functions but must be kepti by the negotiating committee of [under control at all times and j the British Columbia Teachers'
must not be left at large when (they are not sledding.
Inspector Batty said that a fine hnay be imposed on any person upon summary conviction of a i breach of the restraining order.
All dogs in which rabies infestation is suspected will be destroyed by the R.C.M.P. or by a veterinary and portions of their bodies will be shipped to Vancouver for an expert diagnosis. Although rabies is confined
Federation to continue working towards a settlement without waiting for arbitration.
A meeting between salary schedule officials of the teachers federation and school board here will be held tonight.
'Caveman' Gets Month In Jail For Retaining
A 23-year-old youth, Lawrence
largely to the canine family such j Turcotte, was sentenced to 30 as the dog and wolf, it can be \ days in jail late last week when contracted by any carniverous he pled guilty before Magistrate animal and even attacks rabbits,; George H. Hallett to a charge of
cattle and game animals.
retaining stolen property.
across from Prince George and that the articles said to be stolen were found there.
The disease is most often fatal j Police said Turcotte lived in a with animals and is invariably so hole scooped in the ground on the with,humans. It is transmitted by east bank of the Fraser river a bite from a stricken animal. (See DOG OWNERS, Page 12)
Two Boys Sent To Industrial Home
Two Prince George district juveniles were sentenced to the Boy's Industrial. Home for indefinite terms late last week upon
': conviction in juvenile court on charges of theft.
A third juvenile was ordered to make $64 restitution to a city dairy and his parents, residents
[of the Buckhorn Lake area, were
[ordered by Juvenile Court Judge G. H. Hallett to keep the youngster outside the city unless he is
Shown above are members of the Executive Council (Cabinet) of British Columbia's, new Social Credit Government which has its opening session tomorrow. Centre, Premier W. A. C. Bennett; left to right, Philip A. Gaglardi, Minister of Public Works; W. Ralph Chetwynd, Minister of Railways, Minister of Trade and Industry, Minister of Fisheries; W. Kenneth Kiernan, Minister of Agriculture;
Mrs. Tilly J. Rolston, Minister of Education; Einar M. Gunderson, Minister of Finance; Robert W. Bonner, Attorney-General; Wesley D. Black, Provincial Secretary and Minister of Muncipal Affairs; Robert E. Sommers, Minister of Lands and Forests, Minister of Mines; Lyle Wicks, Minister of Labor; Eric C. F. Martin, Minister of Health and Welfare.
LIGHTS GO ON FOR CITY SKIERS
After-dark skiing took place in Prince George for the first time last night, when Prince George Ski Club members made good use of recently erected slope lighting on a north face of Connaught Hill.
The lights, installed with the cooperation of the municipal power and light department, floodlit a scene of winter grandeur on the Connaught run and marked another, phase .in the club's program of- giving Prince George a first-class winter sports site right in