build fin ot tt a nti Ste | FRIDAY, MAY 11,.1956 Continued from page 1! 4 PANHANDLE ing of territory was ‘out of the question’ and that corridors ‘aren’t necessary.’ “But the matter of access,’ he declared, ‘is an entirely dif- ferent thing. ““T think something could be arranged .*. . ,’ said the gover- nor in explaining that the de- velopment of the northwest as an economic unit ‘might involve revision of the Jones Act.’ “Meanwhile, another; move is afoot. “The Alaskan delegate to the U.S. Congress is to see Minister Pearson this week. = ‘. L. Bartlett is anxious to talk things over,’ said Liberal M.P. Aubrey Simmons from Ot- tawa, “We're arranging a meeting for him.’” : Mother’s Day Broadcast Mrs. Doris Hartley will speak over radio station CKLG (1070) this coming Sunday, 10.05 a.m. in a Mother’s Day broadcast sponsored by the Congress of Canadian Women. Have you entered the Pacific Tribune’s writing contest ? Here's what you have to do: @ Write an anecdote, a poem, an essay, on any subject, in not less than 50, not more than 1,000 words. @ Send your entry a Pacific Tribune Writing Contest, c/o Pacific Tribune. 50 Valuable Prizes (INCLUDING A TV SET) : Griffin, in his Pacific Tribune article in 1953, wrote that the Panhandle was “denying us half our northern Pacific coast and posing a major obstacle to the future development of northern BoC £55 He concluded: “The future development of northern B.C. and the Yukon demands access to the coast. And the Panhandle faces the prob- lem that the only feasible routes for highways necessary to open up the country to development run through Canadian territory —either by way of Finlay Forks and over Sifton Pass or through Fort St. James, Telegraph Creek United Fishermen and Allied and Atlin.” The Fisherman, organ of the Workers Union, states in its current issue, “... . it is becom- ing intolerable that the U.S. should stand across the path of northern development” and draws attention to the charge made in the UFAWU brief to the Gordon Commission that be- cause many Canadian salmon rivers empty through the Pan- handle American fishermen “are getting the fish while Can- adians do the conserving.” Be * British Columbia’s whaling fleet, in its first few days at sea, has killed 11 whales, the highly valued blue variety. Finbacks are plentiful and there are many seis in the whaling Rae: two of them area, so the fleet expects a good season. Photo shows the crew of a whaler at work. BCE PUBLISHES FIGURES. CRA seeks hearing on natural gas rates A public hearing on the natural gas rates which B.C. Electric proposes to chargé was asked for this week by Civic Reform Association president Effie Jones in a letter t0 Professor H. F. Angus, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission. B.C. Electric has filed with the PUC the rates it will charge for natural gas in the Lower Mainland. Greater Vancouver citizens will pay about twice as much as residents in Calgary and Endmonton, and “much the same” as people in Portland and Seattle. “This matter is of vital con-' cern to the people and the CRA strongly urges that the PUC call a public hearing on these = rates in order to give all in- ? ‘ terested groups an opportunity to appear before your commis- sion on this matter,” wrote Mrs. Jones. “As you will recall, the CRA opposed the application of the B.C. Electric to distribute nat- ural gas in Greater Vancouver. “At that time, one of our ar- guments was against the high rates the B.C. Electric then pro- posed for natural gas for resi- dential use. It was pointed out at the hearing that the rates were not being decided then and that a further opportunity would be provided later when the B.C. Electric submitted its schedule of rates. -“The CRA holds the view that this opportunity should be pro- vided to all citizens and a full public hearing should be held.” Vancouver City Council this week instructed former city en- gineer C. H, Brackenridge to investigate the rates. Council will oppose them if Bracken- ridge finds them “too high.” BCE executive vice-president H. L. Purdy said the proposed rates are double those in Cal- than in Toronto. Here are the company’s pro- posed residential rates for natur- al gas in the Lower Mainland area: First 300 cubic feet, $1; next 700 cu. ft., 21 cents per hundred; next 2,500 cu ft. 16 cents, per hundred; next 5,500 cu. ft. 12 Halibut fleet cents per hundred; excess ovel — 9,000 cu. ft., 10 cents per hund- red. Minimum charge per — month, $1. y : to enforce its own curtailment plan The Pacific Coast halibut fleet will carry out its own curtailment plan for the 1956 season, and “every fisherman is an enforcement officer,” says a press release issued by United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union. : The fleet has set May 20 as ite opening date and any hali- but caught earlier will be de- clared “hot.” The date will be gary and Edmonton, but lower Vancouver 4, B.C. Please enter my subscription to the PACIFIC TRIBUNE, | Clip and Mail Circulation Department Tribune Publishing Company, Ltd. Suite 6 - 426 Main Stree, combined ae, Seattle an observed by the British Columbia, Alaska fleets. Basic rules of the curtailment plan call for vessels landiné, halibut at ports or plants to He up for seven days betwee? trips. Camp boats landing nali- — but at camps can fish 14 day tie up for seven, then fish seve? ‘and tie up for seven for the Te mainder of the season. a $4 for one year [] $2.25 for 6 months 1 en MAY 11, 1956 — PACIFIC TRIBUNE — PAGE !?