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____ TERRACE, B. C.,. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1932

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Philbert Hotel
TERRACE, B.C.

Fully Modern Electric Light
- Running Water . .
Travellers Sample Rooma

P. 0. Box-5 > Telephone

L. Martin, Prop.

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Bring your ear in ‘for a
Complete Overhaul

Agar’s Garage

jleft on. Saturday morning for -Kalum
‘Lake en route to his home over the tel-

7 _IN PROBATE -
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF BRI-
TISH COLUMBIA |

IN THE MATTER OF THE “ADMIN.
ISTRATION “ACT” AND IN| THE
MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RO.
BERT CORLETT, DECEASED

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- Terrace Notes -

George Graham left for Prince ‘itn-
-Dert on Saturday morning.

Frank Gavin is spending the” holt-
days at Prince Rupert:

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A. Y. Wilson of Renu was in tow. |

Take notice that by order of His
on Monday, ee

Honor F, MeB. Young the 8th day of
November, A.D, 1982, I was appointed
executor’ of the estate of Robert Cor-
lett, deceased, and all patties having
clainis against the Said‘ estate are here-
by: required to furnish same, properly

| John Nelson of Aiyansh, who }
ibeen staying dn town’ for a few days.

egraph trail, * i
_ cea a os (day. of. January, ‘A,D., 1938, and all
A. A; MeDonald of Usk was in town parties indebted to the estate are re

on Wednesday. , quired to pay the amount of theiy in-

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FOR NEW YEARS...

Ganong’s and Rexall’s Chocolates
McIntosh’s Toffee jn tins or bulk
Victor Radio . _

TERRACE DRUG STORE =|

Terrace, B. C.

| Veriffed, to .me..on or before the Bist. (7,

RWRiley - 2 L0.

were very active during the Christma:

oa od

The Lakelse group of the C.G.LT “CARD or THANKS

. debtedness to me. forthwith.
A party of Usk men, including Buck- :

season, the girls preparing’ ‘atid deliver.

Wes. ing over thirty stockings filled witr |.” 2 enna
ey Shannon, W. Duncan and Jonas E. T. Kenney, tors and good things to ent to ehildres | #0 wish to thank her neighbors and
toes Willman, hiked down on Friday, re: _ Executor, in the district. ' riends for their great Kindness ‘and
All repairs carefully made urning later in the day by train. oo Terrace, B.C. ; comforts during her illness, also. for
Oiland pas. Full stock of !|- oo — . _- Dated the 20th day of December, Specin! Christmas services ‘were held | #sistaneé and tributes of sympathy
parts, tires, ete, . ~---. © |)’ Mave you paid ven subseription ye A. Di, 1932. 82-82

Son and ‘daughters of Mrs, J. ‘Gs

in loval churches on Swiday. (uring our sad’ berea¥ement,

General Motors Agent

. Terrace, B.C.

_ | 7 - Canadian Pacific Welcomes Co-operation ae
1 Sj _... But Opposes Compulsory Arbitration

Terrace Mill Stock of a oo eee
Lumber

Rough Lumber

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mo 7 | oe B W. Beatty K.C., Chairman and President Makes Vigorous Protest Against
bys Proposed Arbitral Board in Presenting Company’s Case Before Senate
; Committee Considering Legislation to Implement Duff Report.

No, 2 Shiplap) © 0
S18-comuton dimension and No. 1 Ship-
lap

yn

oe YY ELcomna the suggestion
; _ i of co-operation and volun-

pany, and, thirdly, beeauae of the *
creation of a board of trustees |:
tary

specially charged with the duty.of:

ito extend to dil disputes between | suéd $270,000,000 Ordinary Capital
the two companies, Probably this Stock at an average premium of
expression was intended ag inci- 42%, receiving therefor $382,616,-

“agreement, but vigorously

No. 1 Finish, Siding, Flooring, V-foint ‘ protesting against the proposed

dental to the measures of co-ope-| 000 all without expense to the Do- carrying out the policy of Parlia-
Ete. >.» Arbitral Board and compulsory ar-| ration enumerated in Section 19,|minion, direct or indirect, At|ment in this respect. .
Co . : bitration, B. W. Beatty, K.C., Chair- but, in any case, it opens up a| that average price, a dividend of “I observe in some of the ad- a
Shingles Mouldings, . “ a man and President, gonadlan Fa very Wide field of jurisdiction. 5% inde a return of only 8.53%") dresses delivered in‘ the Senate © 0s ciynaene
. cific Railway, recently stated the|  « f to ‘the shareholders on tHeir in- :
. PRICES ON APPLICATION -,,€a8@ for his Company before the | wife 5 29 Ambitral Tribunals, it

upon the bili that some phases of
the measure were advocated or
accepted in the belief apparently
that there. was no other; alterna-
tive which would bring abotit the

will be observed that, whether
of three or five mem-

they consist
bers, the Canadian Pacific ig in

every case:to have g yoice in‘the

vestment, It ts my submission to
your Commities that the magni-
tude of

. " Senate Railway Committee consid-
-'- .. ering legislation to implement re-
" commendations made by the Royal

_ Commission on Railways and

Geo. Little Terrace, B. (.

i appointment of only one member | them to consideration in-any le-| economies so sorely required,
transportation in Canada. of the Board. In the last analy-|8islative measure affecting their Quite obviously, there is only one
Against the] sis, therefore, the Company wil} {Control of

principle -of|}
compulsory ar-
bitration em.
bodied in part
TIT. of the Bill
the. Company
must enter its
most vigorous

way in which the maximum eco-
nomies are obtainable and. that ‘is
unification for the purpose of ad-
ministration, whether for a Hmit-
ed number of years or fora long
term. The Royal Commission has
considered and rejected such 2 .
Plan for reasons they have ex-

YORK HOTEL
Vaneouver, B. €.
_The House of Comfort

© comnpletely divested of control
of its property in favour of an
outside authority. T cannot ico
strongly urze upon you the seri-
ous Dature of this feature of the
Bi, a8 well from the standpoint
of public policy as of the Tights
and interests

protest ae of the shareholders operations of ite cornbany and plained in the Report, but there
Chee : ‘fof the Canadien Pacific. oncerme © Continued suc-|can be no doubt of its yer reat
and Cheery Service Beatty * deciar- a Pacific cess of its enterprise, ve

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“To control of its undertaking
43 provided by the
tory law,

ed. “An

advantages from the point of view .
of economy and efficiency. .

existing statu-
the Company takes no

Extremely Low

“I am not an alarmist, nor am
: . Its tax bill during the 4
.|@xeeption, Regulations through | P2Yer an|L.& Pessimist so far ag Canada is
o .. faced, a, Bee- the Board of Railway Commission- | !4St ten years averaged -more than concerned.
New: Winter :

I commend, however, -
to the committee the conclusions -
In the last paragraph of the Re- .-
port of the Royal Commission as:
to the effect on tha Dominion’,
finances and on the Company: -
position unless we take heed .o; |
the present grave situation ane .
adopt drastic measures to correct :
it. =I have already ‘said that: 1
regard the Railway problem ag
the most vital domestic problem °
confronting the Canadian people,

__Mr, E. W. Boatty
Chairman and President
anadian Pacific Ry,

ers and the contro] of rates, faci~
lities and. services in the Interest
of the public ig & proper subject
of legislation, but Part ITT, of the
proposed Bill {sa very different
matter,

“If It -be the view of Parliament
that co-operation shall be con-
trolled and directed by. another
and independent tribunal, whose
decisions shall be final and bind-
ing on the Canadian Pacific, then

continued, “will
show that the
jurisdiction’ of
the Arbitral ‘ripunal embraces
matters of so great importance as
to amount to virtual control ‘in
ail major branches of its under-
taking. Take alone the Subjects
of joint terminals and the pooling
. Of traffic. The former are the
nerve centres of railway opera-
tions, and the latter involve the
- whole benefits received from such

Rates: .

- WITHOUT GATE - WITH BATH

palty . $ 1.50$ 2.00
MONTHLY 25.00 30,00

aLL OUTSIDE ROOMS -
a .

Free Garage

I would suggest, for your conald- immigration and development, and | 22 Spite of ita importance, there:
e elther pat, 4it is to be open toleration, that the Government of |! 4 war effort had beew ave to | 8 meieed lack of Understanding
: either party to propose measures | Canada ani the Canadlan Pacific advance or guarantes to the Em-| Cf What the 7 acts are, and-in
In the centre of the city's involving these.vital matters, and, | should enter into an, agreement consequence there has been unti)
attractions

_ if agreement ig not reached, both
the principle of the Proposal and
: the terms on which itis. to be: car-
ried out are to be left to arbitra-
‘thom, = Tt will, be noted that every
. One of the subjects involve ques-.
tiong of policy, questions of ad-
ministration, and, underlying both
of those, questions of finance, and,
for that reason, they are in my
submission, not fit and proper to
be determined by arbitration, The.
Company welcomes the Suggestion
of voluntary agreement as to such
matters, They are quite proper-
_.y the ‘subject of voluntary co-
j operation, but the-.Company ‘is
ou" startled by the suggestion that
; - vo oo, ; they may be forced upon it ‘by an
Aus, Nownan and- her brothers Wish |.

authority not. responsible to its
to extend heartfealt thanks: to their a ‘Shareholders, Control by a tri-

many friends and neighbors for their|: _ .. . bunal constituted as proposed
ay . . should not be imposed upon a pris
sympathy: and feral hee mate 1°” vately ‘owned rallway company
recent Joss of their .. elove Mother, fj... operating in competition with the
Fean Bobllers: se 2 28 cane en Gen Government Railways, = - .
a ; “The sweeping character of the

Donnld Bruce and ‘Steve: Skabola of: ‘arbitration -featire of the Bill is
Dougins Creck are spending the holl- shown by the provisions of Sec-

days In, town. Yon 17, which declares that it is

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for.a period of years by which the
Company would ‘agrea to this
form of administration upon re«
ceiving protection to the holders
of its securities and Bhares;: that
consideration being given because
of the relinquishment of the con-
trol of their own property during
the term of such agreement,”

In leading up to his statement
of'the Company’s position, Mr.
Beatty pointed to-the great part
the Company has pliyed in the
up-bullding of Canada, and argued
that the proposed Arbitral Board
was in fact. an invasion of the
Companys’, charter rights,—rights ;
granted ft in return, for construct- affect necessary oe in
ing the road and. thus making|” ."So far as the Canadian Pacific
Confederation an established fact. |1s concerned,” he continued, atl

“During .the fifty years ‘of. its would-accept a atatutory direction’ lar. com-
existence the Company's under- ; that we should co-operate becapse mentary on the logic of ‘the Com-
taking ‘hay -expanied with the| we are willing to co-operate, . We mission's findings when we read.
growth of the country,” jhe said, | are satisfied that a fuller measure | that consclida
“funtil its property investment now Of co-operation will, ba secured
represents more than $1;100,000,- from three causes, first, the ne-|;
000, held by not’ less than ‘190,000 | -cessitles of the situation; secomt;
‘Sliaré ‘and ‘seeurity ‘Holders; over |1y, the statutory diredtion -by Par-
60,000". of “Whom ‘are’ Cannodlans: | Hamént that this should be'a mat-
Since 1902 the Company has Ise | ter of policy by the private com-

recently very widespread apathy
about it.”

All rooms exceptionally: “
large and noise proof

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THE YORK HOTEL

Vancouver, B.C,
@. G. Houshran. Manaaew

Mr. Beatty referred to the con-
solidation of the Government rail-
ways ten years igo. The Canadian
National had at once begun an
active and aggressive campaign of
competition backed by the credit
and resources of the Government,
To alleviate the situation arising
out, of that competition the Bil
Proposed close co-operntion be-
tween the Canadian National and
thé Canadian Pacific in order to

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hands of one inn,”

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