PRINCE GEORGE GITIZEN^ ----—-----------"----------------------------L-------—-»--. n™~>r« --rggMT '/THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1931____________--------_-----_«?V_- rvV Tive Cents King Alfonso is Wanted ia_$paiii to Stand trial Work Begins in Connection with Nechako Bridge C. P. R. MAKES BID FOR SPEED RECORD WITH EMPRESS OF BRITAIN London April 20—Shipping men see u>naon_Apii^^tt ^, the Empi^ss ot Successful Flight, o^ Monarch! Robs The Republicans of Fruit of Victory KING Given Enthusiastic Welcome By the People on, His Arrival in British, Capital M. S. Caine Has Gang at Work Near Miworth Getting Out , Piling Required TIMBER IS VERY HANDY Contractors Will Have Representatives and Equipment Here by End of Next Week ^Zl—-Z——______^-------------------------------> V /------- Australia Faces I Elkington Revue Financial Crisis Offered Excellent of 25.2 knots. * Anril 14—Developments of Maano. *hj • demonstrated tbP past two¦^J^JJ;n0 mjstake inl that King AWjng-P^^ country ss i i .°utof*S whSa he had rea- Work in connection with the new bridge over the Nechako River is now under way. The contractors, Stuart Cameion & Company, of Vancouver, have yet to get their representatives ..~ *-k^ rrronnH i-mt- rhpv have sub-let the of goveinm Alfonso had time on ^ >elieve rue »»=».*«#»•, ----- ,., the royalist forces, and that \ of a Republican form was imminent. King or less anxious tor the past year. he proved himself the strength of crown. On The Cunard -¦r-r,Jn- =,, now known *ffi£™,)™£« vn & Co,,- was originally to been delivered In September. 1933. but the speeding up of construction makes it virtually certain she will be fomofeted five or six mouths earlier than expected Thus She will be ready oitheiuSer 'evasion of Europe by tourists in 1933 instead of being handed over £ the beginning of winter an unprofitable time for steamship com- on Repudiation Atlantic! , . x „ Br'tain, | Depositors Withdrawing. Money From the Banks ancl Great Uneasiness Prevails i SCULLIN IS DEFIANT i . ______ Confident Repudiation Will Get Support of Electorate in Election in August Canberra. April 21—PremAer Sy^.— ^ policy of repudiation of interest upon the.British debt is having^disastrous Entertainment Pat Judge Acquitted Himself as Organizer and Director of Attractive Bill THREE PERFORMANCES Ten-Pi^ce Orchestra Composed «* J'^cal Talent Made Big Hit With The Audience . unpr panies to M. S. Caine, the getting out of piling which will be required in construction, and he has set a crew of men to work, in the vie'nity of Miworth, in getting it out. For tfce bridge structure and false work it is estimated there will be required 18.000 feet of piling. Mr. Caine was in a fortunate position to figure on the piling, as it will be possible for him to float it ..-- .r._,.-..„ tQ tne brdge site, from his timber | Mme. Magda King Carol has Installed Former "s^Sr&tf, 0{ part of the Jnn^t he ^ s-iand trial upon a numu» ~* ,___ and other charges, which th^y are prepared to bring against him. Having successfully got out of the nap there is no prospect of King Alfonso's returning and placing hlmseAf' in the hands of his enemies. As £ critive, who has not abdicated his connection witn ure uuusc .«.*.„ -.„. and is making arrangements to commence the screening of the same at once. . r Messrs. Stuart Cameron & Company announce they will hav3 thuir reprpsst* tstives and equipment on the L^7- the end of next week. Virtually their eqa'pment is .electrically uuvcu, the energy for -winch will be secured from the citj^poweT station. Preliminary to submitting a tender on the work Messrs. Stuart Cameron & Co. had representatives in the c'ty to make sure of tlvs electrical supply, the securing, of which was regarded a.« a/cbnslder'able factor. effect upon the banking^lystem of the commonwealth. Public confidence was j for a time in jpaft restored by the action of the^senate in rejecting the ! 8'oveinmeiu^r measure lor a fiduciary j note issue of $90,000,000, to tide the j government over the monetary stringency. The measure was popuiar with ine Labor element, as it was designed ^s ¦• to provide funds for relief undertak-' !¦ f * «vW«»4- ' in8S> aiJ we^ as bonuses lo wheat pro-3.1 VyOllll i (iucers nn.d farmers, but by financial >»*^r 1 interests it was opposed as a puicly inflation movemenc. Premier Scullin announced, on the Essaying Ivhich may. favor royalist ^*J -veral has everv- ^hSI to lo,[ ....... his intention to dissolve both houses of parliament in July, with a general election in the following month. This ! ncreased the uneasiness of the banker iatthm r»AMrf~T?Dr»l TQ inB interests, and tihere haV been a ^ . UAIltJIN IJAWLitiKUUa |lun upon most of the banks through-------- i Out the commonwealth, depositors be- King Aggravates Difficulties of jp^^^^ thelr ^ Parliamentary Crisis by the Premier Scullin meets ths situation -----.. ' with the statement that the bank withdrawals will merely bring t'he financial matter to a head sooner, and he gives no intimation of ;ntentioirto modify his proposals. He professes confidence as to the outcome of tho , appi caching elections. The measuiv to J bonus wheat producers proved very'. popular in the lower house, being carried on a division of 47 to 16, bu<, it will fall with the rejection by tine senate of the bill to authorize the note issue of $90,000,000, which *'8s intend ^d utsny eiTV....._._ ___ to secure the bonus payments. etnt'ion to flout convention, to gather I ------------o----------—- into his own hands all the iwwer °V| GARVIN CANYON BRIDGE Government, and adopt a manner of UAKVitN K.f\n I vji> driuuc, —_tl ,,„, ^ nu,a nf. | r^r>\^DT T7Tcn AND IS NOW Manner of His Living Bucharest, April 22r-There is more trouble threatened iti this country than in Spain, which"; within a week has passed from an absolute monarchy to a republ:c. A red-headed woman and a weak king are the prime factors in the Roumanian situation.. King Carol having failed to effect a reconciliation with Irs divorced wife the former Princess Helen, of Greece, has daily given more evidence of an in-etntion to flout convention, to gather ¦ ¦ ----- v.~vu4o oil thp nower of tence to his subjects. His lat has been the establishment in his KING OF SIAM HAS BAD SPELL IN RACE TO SAVE HIS SIGHT Uncertainty May Be Cleared up When Trustees Confer With Minister of Education S. J. Willis, superintendent of edu-cation, has written a letter to W. G. •¦¦¦¦ .-_\ _r ^v^^wic fnr this the ed here it was i~>*»«-*» -- SktaSl suffered a severe Uving Vancouver, and! ;s givmg attending phys concern. King Prajadhipo,. - —ntry the long ^P from Ws native ^^ to secure medical af^i^L of catar- more for an aggravfttedfjg*1^-^^. act, which threatens totai^QM The passage across llc city -----,.iW of education, probable court of Mme. Magda Lupsscu. the woman with whom he lived for 'some time in Paris while 'grown prince, and for whom he..a't..0nerftime renounced his right to the throne of his father. It looks as if. Mme. Lupescu has decided to essay the samp role in the Roumanian court that, Madame Pom-, oadour played in that of Louis XV of Prance. In view of the readiness with which thrones are upset. th» situation here is regarded a* excesd/ngly dan-Kfi'ous. King Carol has been losine wound tihrouehout the country for th° past few months, and ahwiv lias ^omethinw in the wav of a parliamentary crisis on his' hards. When he ^cWs to this the introdncHon of th* vpd-hended adventuress of Paris to h.;s court he is inviting trouble. RUTH NICHOLS PLANS ATLANTIC FLIGHT WITHIN TWO WEEKS OPEN FOR ROAD TRAFFIC The Garvin Canyon bridge is now * ' * —J a noteworthy improve- appear tney wm » ».v----- _. as ratepayers in the city. An assessment of the lands in the added area I be made which shall not be higher: than the last assessment by the orovincial assessor, but exclud'jiu im-P"ovement values. On this assessment "- —"W iip levied for illlliii in vrctoria forced tne «J5**_J these all reception enga^emente.^ will doubt is on hifi — be made by way Banff and CANADIAN GIRl ATTEMPT ATL - ;-HOP EAI^LY IN JULY New York. Nichols New yorK, ai»u *x.—.,„..,........ who holds the woman's speed record -«¦ • . —,^^ hho or»ntinent. an- foi""a"Tli"ght nounces she .__ for a hop across the «..»-»»..»«,____ ?ho. will take off from Glace Bay, New- i foundland. within the next two weeks and wiU use the planr^in whj:h she! made her recent continental -------------o-----------^ GERMAN MURDERER DRAWS SEVEN irk1Et*p^M sRWTRNCt ment to the Chief Lake highway — Iveen secured. By combing the city of Prnce George and surrounding districts for a crew of bridge builders T. E. Wall succeeded in getting together a representative bunch of men capable of accomplishing the feat under the •superintendence of Jim Burke, tUe Irish terrier of Donegal, whose vo:ce could be heard humming across the canyon throughout the work to the accompaniment of sledges and hammers wielded by the horny-handed workmen. There was Billy Corbett. practical bridge-builder, who set the mammoth piles in place, where they were hammered twenty feet into the ground by Jack Johnson, where Mc-Keen the blacksmi'ibh and McLarty spiked and bolted them In place, at times dangling in the air nearly seventy feet, with thoughts of Dick Cor-les? and his new-fansrled covered wagon in their minds. J'mmy Baker, the proud father of n bouncing baby -bay. scratched the frames, whili* a couple of assistants sliced out ths daps I and mortices, .«o that everything went I together like the paper on thp wall. ~~ B. Wall was on the ground most inicli u i- • - SurTlntendent y»»».~ — „-. "If the school boards are a ..... ---.—,. nf port ? as her be ac Dun wnn* a fully ^ d together for a dealt wiin. vorable to j j anplication f^ouW bemaae retaries of the two bj«^ oartment. ard«he ooun Instruction uponiJ Gait. Ont., April is made here that of Gait will attempt oarly in July. . She cabin plane and wli Harbor Grace, with .goal. It is Wcely, t^Lt^r companied by a navigator. Miss McCpU. ^o Is 21 cpted daughter of Mf • a"rv can McColL was formerly ?rnpher and latterly an ___ saleswoman. She is »d+/>°Jive made competent pilot and toD^fveseveral flights from Kitchener and severs other local points. GREAT BRITAIN MAY V London, April-21.-The c01"^^! charged with investigating of the ej ectrifying of the railways of thena_ tion has submitted a ^P^J_,r^rs mending this action. The report«w~| 50.000 miles of. railway trackage, and tho cost of the work is estimated at S40,ooo,000. One big objectton whicn can be expected to the VW0?*.* thl substttirtfinof' electrical power-fear tne fwoi «~™ ..j__i ™ +!v.o. inrnmotives. »* and George. , the s°c-r this de-of Public a similar ri .wee George botindaries of Fort George, >rince George taxation would o^>nonI *voUid, however. a remarkable experience yeitv.»...., when he was sentenced to death nine times for as many murders. This was not sufficient, as the court ordered in addition that he .serve fifteen years imprisonment, and be deprived of the rights of citizenship. -------------------O--------*----------- HON. R» J. MANION SAYS board, would Sre be taxed, un would extra-mu- «. the time to rive •wnr'^i of pro' able danper to the workmen. b»it. wileasingly. and gave ..an encore. He vas accompanied on the piano by W. Pitman. Pat Judge selected the revue for the initial presentation of his composition "All Day LorLg." It is a tuneful melody with a captivating swing, and if it were published! under the name of Irving Berlin, or Harris, would soon acquire an international reputation. The verses were first rendered by Messrs. Haddon. Ogg and Rogers, singing in un'son, with rather more energy than melody but the composer sang one verse and made a hit with his presentation. Just what the future holds for "All Day Long" It is not possible to say but therje arc many toners of much less merit.- which have captured the fancy and become money-makers for their composers. J. O. Wilson filled the role of an-"" noimcer for the evening. In the course of which he turned loose a-lot of advertising matter. His material was witty, and he got over a number • j_ ^,,_i oVinos -watches tivr and April 22—Hon. R: J. Man- | the made a, INVESTIGATORS WILL PROBE BANK ACCOUNTS OF POLICE OFFICIALS duplicated. orcposes to Geor— and ,„ „_ Prince points in the "wi nowufced on tlve iocuj»> the loss of this market will £*,-_£„ vere blow to tbe coal mining industry, which is already in a bad way. George and, noUIJ£ uwU discuss Wth month of May He jm ^ the yourself ^"'d.^'of consolidating the wllole hKSSS and The making of a for Suilding purposes^ Prince "o^g_S»x'SSSdFiffi tic^wiU be hed^Jg^Ad on Wed- o'clock. TENDERS L.f_K sioner tvu¦ * m res^nseto the of tho city councl The re-v was asked for following the "of W. J- Bingham, chief of the VllH. II a. uifiuva ...... when,her crusade began o.,_ ....^ __ butt of ridicule among tho?e to whom the bullfight was a national sport, but in the years.since then she had become a person revered and beloved throughout Cuba. 1 Elimination of the bullfight was on? i of her major objectives early 'n her' cr'usade. By one means or another she blocked such spectacles, enduring, the -r ...nMntor.<. ,inri finthusiasts ridicule" 01 promuiei.-, ,mU «...__....... until eventually public opinion began to lean her way and legislation was enacted making the bullfight Vi Cuba enacte illegal. searching An oruei i.»c ^— __. upon the managements of 200 banks in the city and thiMjughout Cook County, to produce the records of deposits of all police officers over a given period. This line of action was fruitful in results in the i>olice invest'ga-tior. now proceeding in the city of New York. .; > WEATHER REPORT 'Generally fa.ir weather, with fain ' outh-westerly win ' "*--------'¦ is the prediction Norman McLean, has also resignation as a member board, so there are now two* vacancies. While Commissioner ^¦edlfrnade no statement as to the Mcliean: maae ^^^0^,^ _ under- The members of Cariboo Lodge. No. 65i land of Northern Rebekah No. 34. will celebrate the 112th anniversary of thp founding of the order bv attending divine service in Knpx United church, at Giscome. on Sunday next. Cars wUl leave the I.O.O.P. hall at one o'clock to convey members attending; the services to commence at 3 o'clock, and which will be conducted by Rev. D. FOUNDING OF THE ORDER week ending ru«*m,y, aP..----- . '¦" rwere 48 hours and 36 minutes of bright sunshine, and a precipitation of .18" of on*? inch.. The maximum and mmi-mum temperature readings for the period were: Wednesday ............ 54 38 Thursday ...................... 58 40 Friday ........................46 28 46 2