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The ; Annual eT Held a
_ New Officers are Elected oo
. . For Hospital Auxiliary] ; oo

a aC
, ‘rhe. annual: ineetint
Auxillary. to the- ‘Hazelton: ‘Hospital, |
was held on ‘Tuesday ufternoon last at
the hoitie of. Mra, W. Ww. ‘ Andeison; and
they# Was! ‘one: ‘of the layest nttendances:
that bavebeen present; for. several
years and ‘kee: ‘interest was ‘taken: in
the proceedings...»
son was in the chair, aud after “routine |
| matters were attended. to; Dr. : H.C,
{ Wyrinch, medical superintendent’: ot fac}

ti RRS

hospital, ‘addressed’ ‘the. ladies, expresa-.|_

ing great appreciation ‘of the: work’: the

., Indies had done ‘and :were’ doing: Hé
? ‘iso had. A. number of. suggestions as

to what was. required by the Anstitn- |:
tion. These suggestions - AVELE

planning” their néw. work.. :
‘During: the yeir the sum of sao |-

was raised: ‘pud_in addition to this twe.

showers “wére ‘hield,. one linen and one
miscellaneous ; also. in* addition, :
New Hazelton members. raised $284.67.
with which they furnished a private
ward in the new hospital. ;

- Wherr- the’ general, coniditions: ‘that

7 m= Woman's

Mrs. Robt:: "Tomalin: |:

madé | ;
‘witha view to asaleting the ladies Any’

“the 7

‘en ‘into’ consideration, the Auxiliary
‘nade a very ‘fine showing,
‘ A’ vote ‘of thanks Was: passed to the.

retiring president, Mra..Tomlinson whe

She

Her: work . had been’ appreciated.
‘declined | -re-nomination.’
“The. officers ‘for. the next ‘year’ are
ag follows =~.

. President—Mrs. AL PD. Chappatt
; Seoretary treasurer — Mrs. : Ww. 4
Anderson. _ wee

Buying Commit tee—Mi
and Mts.’ John Newiek: :

. Visitin” ‘Conv emit : rs. “Alea. Ben:
aon. wt OO
“Membership, ony enor Mts Berthn
Rock. a

- New Hazelton ‘Convenor
H: Sawle. : :

A full report of ‘the Auxiliaty’s s ac

Wi:

; “Me 3, ©:

port to the hospital. if

At the next meeting of the Auxillary
plans. will be- prepared: for. ‘the. next
 Feair’s work. |

m, Maes tye

The children of: New Hazelton hac |:

a -particulatly wonderfyl - ‘tlme - durin;
the. Christmas Senson. . »On- the. elosin;
day of achool ; there. nas.

Nor ween -elinrch
a sleigh: ride,. going vin:
ton, down. the hills to Hazelton whert

a stop was’ made ‘at Rev... and-~-Mrs-

Redman's. These’ People bronght: ou’
‘quantities.of fruit and; #o0d things -fo:
the youngsters, Mrs. ‘Sawte, who wa
i charge of, the outiiig also supplied
oranges’ and: -apples.* . Everything y wak
coustimed nnd the children “had’a, Won:

derful time,: dotting hone: in fine con:

dition fox a -good supper.” AH werc:
ready for the opening: of public schoo’
on Monday and prepwred, to get dow!

"te work for the next few’ inonths;

an WorD ‘FROM. PEACE RIVER %

The ‘wditor receiv ed’ t letter during
the Christmas: senson “trom” Rev, Can:
on PR. De Proetor): ‘superintendent - oO.
Deaee River oie with hendaquarter:
it Dawson Creek,” He -RIsi: “sent* u
copy of the Chrdstintis edition.. of the
local paper. whieh: wag printed ‘in «1.
ove amd. coutalped: nu preat-denl of be
formation: about:-the® coyintry and: t1°
HVORTERS. “being. yaad Canon, Proctor
nays ‘that: ‘alice: he,
ulation, hos. Jnereny uk from | 8,500 te
16,000; “the: schools’. have Increased
trom 26° to 89° uid thitt ‘five ‘new

churches ‘have heen completed. ‘and the |

funds: re avalfable for-a sixth ehureh
in the spring. Goion Proctor. reports

that he and the ehildren are walk ahd | -

that he expected Mrs. Proctor  hoiie

-fronik ‘the: hospital Obristrias, Mts
Pavetae dere

Tt v a8. ‘annousivad hig, thie: GP. R: that
they have: fonsollduiti

ais “ he Com:

Mr. ‘Gondfellow: wag Sone: “Of: 0)
‘the Rovernment: telegr ¢
Hirnoltany Home. ears ‘ag b.

4 | his profits and. satisfied himself witt

rei there the non.

‘whteh, he: ‘gt

ne wonderful, thine in’ this ‘inmiedinte | net.

“AV. D. Noll:
8 head ‘of:

_ CHILDREN HAD ‘GhEar | oan

“MIKE SHEADY HAS PASSED ON

Mike Shendy pissed | away in Ed
inonton on December 28, He was-76
Fears of age andl. until comparatively

.| recently. had enjoyed, excellent. health:

He was:.one of=the ‘original = sub- CON],
tractors. under ‘Foley: Welch & Ste

there, are: none, “who: “ao not: remembet

re: ‘Bheady,: and | who’ are’ not. sorry. te
shear ‘of ‘his’ death;:. “After ‘the: eo T.. Bp
was completed: Mr. ‘Sheady’ cashed” in

the. rey entie- his good" investments got
him." He | was - not’, A ‘speculator,” ‘and
RO kept, his: money pretty. well intact
hint” ‘he--did Jove .n friendly game of
poker When he gat amnong congenta’
Spirits. Cw ee :

wait we
’

Fst HOCKEY. GAMES. PLAYER

rhe New. Hazelton boys who CHL:
keep an. upright position’ on skates fo
-a definite periad Jonvneyed, to Hazel.
ton and played hockey ~ against | thi
‘hockéy players of: that town. -The
fans repovt thatit wasn rice. friendly:
xame' with no rough stuff: elther. o1
the: dee or on ther side’ lines. Tt! iva
also. & -tloge mateh, ‘but: New Hazeltor
Won, by a score’ of 6 to 4. ‘Whe loen'.
boys: feeling: rather puffy . went back
tain Sunday - ‘night to “take the Haz-
elton Indians into camp, but that prov.
“€d.- ta he quite a different Proposition

| The’ local: boys had not a look in ane

only - hecured one goal while ‘the.’ In
‘lnns | scored 7, The’ New- ‘Hazeltor
tink is-now ‘about, /veady: for use, 4
lot of, good work. -hng, been ‘put. on i.
recently and: one cold night and lé wil
‘be ready. "he - ‘boys will:-have a -ga0¢
sheet of ‘lee, and they should have 1.
lot of* fun ‘this winter.

o. Ww. “Daweon ‘recently, reeetved. a
‘letter “from: Frank’ Poe: of. ze) enzo. ‘in

‘ton. fund. at: Takelse Lake. hear ‘Terrace

found. the: Ideal, -8hot: * Not: ‘oily did he

ds speniing. thet winter!

ie fle

Bu the ar wit

“TResume Mine

‘had served in that position four years. | P

ni | seale,-
‘|-and right on ‘the: ‘railway, has also had |

tivities will appear in tle -anntal re. |.

‘He. spent ; AG good” eal: of ' tine: at’ tha}
Inke- und, expressed liimeslf ‘ag. ‘having "

RO, EXPLORE himself: in words: but Gave. rae

the] a. more: substantial ; cause te

iN] | that he meant; what. tie ela!
Vaneotiver:

|| tornia. fiuhtng tor gal and]:

Workings 1931.

“the. ‘year “a9si was:

sion, . made. so -by low metal prices and |.
diffientlt. general financial ‘conditions.
‘Placer mining in the’ ‘yegions” ‘more re-
‘mote. ‘from. the Canadian National -rail-.
sway, which. traverses: ‘the: south-central
fart. of - the: division, has “heen - -given }!
‘mote: attention than anything. flse and
| more ° “men, “have been. in the- placer re-
gions - than - “for: many years. past.:Na-
tion. Riy er, Monson ‘Creek and: Omlin-

T eeu: “River; have all been. worked dur- |!

‘ing! the season thouhg’ production, stage
has, not- yet been” ‘yeached on Any: great
‘Lorne, Creel, on’, Skeena ‘river |

a number of met working. “Phis creek
‘Ewa mined. for ‘placer; as- long as fifty
‘years igo. - ‘The. renewed interest <at
the present time has been. getting | some |.
worth while - resttlts. - Jas. Jones, Mac
Orr: and §. A, Corley are some of the
men ‘who have worked. in. thia. section:
and have good prospects for success. |

Gold: mining, apart from the placer
operations: mentioned,’ has-. received
very, Hitle attention. ‘Columario -Mines

| ot: Usk,° financed “by eastern capital,

-has had. geod. resulis ‘in extensive Wn,
derground: exploration of its. ore., bodi-:
es and now.the installation of a plant
is. under: ‘consideration, ‘Thera are -al-
.80: Many. other gold prospects of pro-
inksé close to the railway but none are
being developed by. reason of a lack
of: capital, Most. ot these are. owned

: are’: not” ‘conducive: to: ‘the: development i
of! more. silver-tead - mines” it is: ‘strange ee
that in the: -region .. amore’ adjecent: stops.

‘the town ‘of. Smithers‘ and the railway
silver-lead’. progpects. have~.

tHe Babine range. worked almost: to the
close of the year before shutting down.
development fort , the, winter , months.

mine ens a ‘back pending ‘better inet 4
al prices and more favorable. condi:
tions. for ‘the, financing | “of. the mill.

which’ is now. required. On. Hudson |
Bay mountain clove to, Smithers, good:
suiccess'-was achieved in the ‘sliver |
Lake yelgon and more extensive work
is’ planned for the coming, sumer,
An: ovtstandin gquccess has-been: the}.
‘of Frank -M. Dockrill's opening:
df’ the, Bulkley ‘Valley : Coal Mines, or:
Goat’ ‘Creek. near -Telkwa. and: adjacent:
to the; Tellwa- Yiver, ° ‘Three thousand
tons of ‘high gtade’ domestic coal: was
mined ‘and. ‘sold during the -year™. tr’
puints: between ‘Prinece - Rupert - ‘and
Prince George. . It has. been amply
proven-thnt it is: a hetter general: pur-
‘pose coal than‘ “any. other. being. ‘sup:
plied “te: the. local . market,
qualities . rank very: high;
‘showing; an average of 14,000. betes
higher. than, any. ‘other Wellarn:. Cann.
dian coal on the ‘market, "A" fourteen
foot seam Js. ‘being, mined ‘ir. the steer
bank of Goat Creek, two: ‘dtopes belng’
run directly in from: the: bunkers and
‘all the ‘coal’so far mined being. trom
this No. 2-level. ,.

raft ls ‘fouiney ‘to on

fintmad ‘seAenn tin Sin

Coat is First)" |

an. “otf” ‘year
. for. mining In” “Omineca” “Mining ‘Divi-
have existed. for the Past year are ‘tok: :

fall business handled by: ‘governments
‘Heating .

analysie 7

: wall. ocenppy: a ‘prominent place:

position and ready: ‘ability to, meet rap-
aly. changing: trade. : conditions | are
‘amoug the ‘outstanding features of the
‘amiual report of The” ‘Royal Bank of
‘Canada. - ‘The statement, which ‘is for
‘the fisenl year to November 30, 1g now
going forward ‘to shareholders, It* will

"he: maintenuziee of its: Asual strong

‘be immediately. fhecepted : as: .further
istrikcing proof of. the. ‘snecessful man:
ner in which: ‘Canadian banks’ are ‘fleul-
ding with the problems’ brought ahput |
Loy depregseéd - business. conditions,

> The’ Reneral statement of. assets fd
Mabilitles shows total assets , in. excess.
Lot $825 ,000,000, a reduction of. ‘anly| -
About ‘7% :28 compared with: the anion
reported at the end: of the- previons
-vear.: In the light of lower commodity:
[prices*and: ‘general slackening of activ-
ity, the maintenance of general assets
at such.a high-level showld be’ taken
as a remarkably f£00d -showing.-. In
keeping with its yolicy the Bank's

liquid assets totalling $384, 630, 501,..0r
over 48% of Mabilitles to the public.
The principal accounts among. - ‘them
aré cash items of. $150, 286,891; ‘Domin-
ion and Pr ovincial. government secur-
Ities of $85,473, 058. and Canadian mun-
Icipal- and’ ‘British’ foreign and eolonia}
public. ‘securities of $24,641,816. Call.
loans total. $76, 293,880 ° and‘ naturally
represent 9 substantial reduction - for
the year, those in Oanada being. down
$18,847,055, or 33%," and: “those abroad

jover $7 000,000.

The general lessened. business acti:
vity .is: reflected. in commercial loans.
which are $420,345,043 as compared
with $444, 815,877 a year ago.
of credit also show. a reduction—nearly*
$10,000,000—obviously due to curtail: |
ed international trade,

as against °$695,589,060 at the end of”
1930." ‘The ‘decline as-is well known, :
‘has been prinelpally in. deposits “elke:
where ‘than ‘in Canada, those in the:
Dominion: being down: only. $7,160,200.
and. now amount to" $479, 165,088, as.
aginst $480,825, 264,

- Satisfactory Profits:

‘ The many shareholders: of the bank
Hilt _be ‘particularly interested- in the
Profit and Loss account and ‘the show-
ing made Should be regarded’ a8 parti-
culatly satisfactory, Profits for the
year amounted to $5,448,327; and thes:.
added ‘to the amount brought forward
from the previous year made the total
available “for ‘ distribution “’$9, 565,105.

absorbed $4, 200,000 } a. ‘contribution, ot.
$200.00 wai made to’ ‘Officers: Pension
Fund; the usnal amount of “$400,000
was appropriated . for. bank. premises
‘and $600,000 was: set aside ‘for*Domin- |
ion Government tazes, - ‘After “Meeting.
ay. thesecharges the substantial. Ana. of.
$4, 155,205: was. carried forward: to ‘ere-

dit of ‘Profit’ ‘and Logs Into. ‘the’ next
oflecal., ; yea

Easy MONEY, DISTRIBUTED ,

care pate wet

Booze. Paid: to: ‘Municipalities
“by Provinetal Gove riment

' Tiquor profits and: Park:
Its made by. the Provincial GovéFnment
during the past year ‘have ‘been: distri.
| buted tothe municipalities. : The. nor-
{ Chern municipalities’ recely ing: cheque:
| for the following ‘sums :—

“Prinee Guorge; $1,972.02 from liquor:
and $771.44. froth pari-mitnal, #

Prince Rupert; 4,483.75 and $1993,6¢

we

‘Smithers $1,082.75 and- $814.69:
Atewart $275.28 and $192.15 .
Terrace, $700.21, and $110.88 o

* Yanderhoof $486.53" and $99.22 -

‘; Both sotirees | of revenue ~ liave - de-:
‘eldedly. dropped aay during: the: past
alx ‘months.' ‘The cause lia chiefly ‘due
to the’ hard times, but ‘another cause
for ‘the ‘decrease in the Aiquor profits
is the, increase in - the ‘prices, When
‘Incomes ‘tre. away down, it ‘is 10’ time:
for the overnment: ‘to inétease prices
of commodities ‘it has a ‘manopoly -in
‘handling. But that: is the way: with

SIRGKORGE FOSTER DEAD
° sip George: Bulag Foster, the. last: of
‘the Fathers. of Confederation;. faased |
to his reward on December: 30th after
having been ill for ; ‘some’ Hime.” But
he had been In active: public ‘life: ‘al-
most to the: ‘time. of. his, death; ind, he

the: ‘Canadian | provinces” wag ‘ought:
about by Sir: -John’ ‘A, “Maiedonatd He

de ada

Burns Lake $227.95 and $63.68. °°:

uitnal pro-

Profits on: Race. Track’ Betting and’ on
‘received fs
more. ‘attention’ during: the. year than
has gold prospects.:., Cronin. ° “Mine” in |-

Ate 1230 1 noon: last Monday. ‘tn: “Vhe:
toria. a: quiet, but pretty wedding wa”
‘solemnized . at the. ‘FirstsUnited: ehureh °

717. Pemberton Road, w.
& “ Wilson;. DD... united: in ‘marriage

. Ruth Ein; eldest: ‘daighter ‘of Mr.

‘and Mrs, Frank. Fborall: of, Keatingy
to Major. Wed. “Wilby, -M.O., eldest sar:
of Mr, and. Mrs,- ‘Win. Wilby, Yates St
Given in- marriage. ‘by: her father thi
Inide was ‘attended. bythe bridegroom:
sisters, the Misses: Wilby, and = th:
‘groom was supported by, his brother.
ielaw, Harry: Robs6 ?
charming in her t velling tof pur:
dne .,. blue’ gabardin ‘” satin with lat .
gloves “and “shoe
or hanent: ‘being *

‘¢

ecklet* of pearls

young: couple’ were: present," i
Major ‘and Mrs, Wiby’ ‘ett Ol the

afternoon:-boat for’ Terrace Where “they

off. ° ‘Major. Wilby ‘is’ principal of th
Terrace high school,’ "and: was’ formerly
on: the high school ‘atatt ‘hr.  Vietorla,

~-Ninetéén “bundred_ and’ “tlity-tive or

mote: miles of highway ra (ching from.
Blaine, Wash, ;

7 Position Held by : a
_ Royal Bank ot Canada a.
~The Annual Report. made_

Letter~:.

Total: deposits stand at $647,303. or.

Payment of the usual 12% dividend

} Ber only |

‘Only* ‘the: imniediate:: Telitivés. ‘Of | the _

will reside,’ many friends ‘seeing them |

GREATEST. ROAD, IN The ‘WORLD

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