Eight THE PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN Thursday, December 24; iD' 0p BURNS & CO. LIMITED QUALITY and SERVICE */-•?* PANAMA NEWS STAND PARLIAMENT IS SUMMONED TO MEET THURSDAY, FEB. 4th Ottawa, Dec. 19—While the proclamation has not been issued it is asserted parliament will be summoned t-o meet on Thursday, February 4th, It is predicted it will be a short session dealing chiefly with matters to be submitted to the imperial economic conference which is to be held in July. A dance will be held in the Commodore Hall Saturday night. Music by Beit's Harmony Aces. ltc SOVIET RUSSIA PLANS BIG LENIN STATUE Moscow. Dec. 21—The statue which the soviet government is erecting at Postmas'er Wimbles announces the wicket in the post office will be kept open until 7 o'clock this evening, but will remain closed on Christmas, although the mail will be sorted as usual on that day. * The merchants of the city are circulating a petition to the Christmastide. %«w«^*s^^^^. Utt HUGHES & DRAKE Ladies' and Children's Outfitters Make This Store a Head quarters For Xmas Gifts For Women and Children 'DIXIANA ' WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE STRAND TOryiGHT EDWARD HILTON WINS GUESSING CONTEST ON WEIGHT OF COAL revolution, is to be sixty feet\higher than the statue of Liberty in New. York harbor. liesday, January at 8 o'clock. URKEYS FROM OUR STORE WILL HELP TO BETTER THE CHRISTMAS CHEER. Wishing One and All — jftrrrg (Eljrtstmas 1 The ECONOMY Meat Market PHONE YOUR ORDERS — WE DELIVER A meeting of all railway employees I will be held in the engineer's office | on Wednesday evening. December 30th. at 8 o'clock, for the purpose of deciding whether they as a body will support a contestant' in the Snow Queen competition in connection with the ski tournament to be held in this clty-in the latter part of January. Members of the ladies auxiliary, and all employees, whether members of the recreation association or not. are invited to attend. ¦ ii. ..V" ¦¦¦¦"- Christ-mas- Day services at St. Michael's Anglican church will be a.s usual; beginning with midnight euch-nrist. and celebrations of holy com-. munion at 8 a.m. and 10.30 a.m. On I Sunday evening next at 7.30 p.m. there will be the annual carol service, with sixsclal selections of the choir. —-x— The Quesnel hockey team cleaned up the' Alkali Lake and Williams Lake teams during the week-end, taking the first encounter with a 4-3 score and defeating Williams Lake 3-0. ALL MANICURE SETS at HALF PRICE We Wish All Our Many Customers A MERRY CHRISTMAS and A HAPPY NEW YEAR The big picture "Dixiana" will b3 presented at the Strand this eyemr.g and for the rest of the week. In this production Bcbe Daniels has the title role, while the lun is made by the famous comedians Wheeler and Wool- 1 scy. j "Skippy" from the cartoon story by Percy Crosby, will be the feature for Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday of next week. The. leading characters 'n the piece axe carried oy Jackie Cooper. Robert Coogan, Mitzi Green and Jackie Searle. The locale of the piece is Shanty Town, a squalid section on the other side of the railway tracks. but :t lias a fascination for "Skippy" w&o finds his closast friends in if. Tliere is a lot of fun and pathos in ihc happenings in Shanty Town, which moved George Ade to the comment: "Skippy" is a delightful little outlaw, and my favorite desperado." ENGLISH SPINSTERS HOLD THEIR OWN IN MATRIMONIAL MARKET Edward Hilton made the winning guess as to the weight of the large lump of coal in the office of the Run:-. Transfer Company With William Coop, George Keep and W.-Morsh acting as scrutineers, the coal was put on the scale and found to weigh 444' pounds. The Hilton guess was 440 pounds. E. Didcrud came next with a guess of 450 pounds, and C. \V. Ferrv was third with a guess of 438': pounds Wright's Jewelry Store The Store with the Stock Mrs. James T. Harvey, of Prince Rupert, is spending the Christmas holidays in this city with her father and sister W. L. Hornsby and Miss Helen Hornsby. WILLIAM MUNRO LINES UP TALENT FOR BIG TIME MONDAY NIGHT liondon. Dec. 21—One English bride out of every thirty-four .is forty years of age or over, according to the la-test statistics of the RetjLstrar General. This figure does not include widows who remarried, but spinsters only. The actual number of these mature brides was 9.179. thus giving further evidence that the woman of 40 is still a very vital and engaging personality, and can easily hold her own when she chooses to enter the matrimon'al market. •vHowever. it must not be supposed j from this that there is a rush for brides ! oi 40. The most popular age for a bride is 22, although many women f rrv much earlier. William Munro has lined up a lot of good talent for the boxing bouts which will be presented under the auspices of the Canadian Legion in their assembly room on Monday evening. In the heavyweight class Jim Nault and Frank Bird will mix things, and there will be two lightweight contests. S. Heavysides meeting A. Ziekle. of Vanderhoof. and G. Taylor fac'xig W. Taylor. Mr. Munro says the card will contain two other contests which were arranged since it was made up. and which should provide plenty oi action. In the bantam class Olie Quinn comes on for a return bout with Ken Winn, and in the flyweights J. Stro-ch'n has a return engagement with Ian Ogg. An exhibition of wrestling will be put on d.v Alton Myers and J. Cole. The first event on the card will bo called at 8 "o'clock. TELEPHONE SERVICF IS OPENED BETWEEN BERMUDA AND CANADA Ottawa. Dec. 22.—Direct telephone service between Canada and Bermuda was opened today. The growing trade of the dominion with Bermuda has resulted in the improvement m the means of communication. LEITH'S HARDWARE Comer George Street and Third avenue HtighL Dickey, M,D. Specialist fiYE. JEAR, NOSE and THROAT Office: Prince George Hotel EYES TESTED GLASSES FITTED CHINA USES TRADE BOYCOTT WEAPON AGAINST JAPAN -Shanghai. Dec. ^I^WHUe the Chinese forces have not been able to stirnd against Japan in Manchuria they have a potent weapon in the trade boycott which they are using with vigor. The Chinese have been routed from Manchuria but this has cast. Japan two-thirds of its former profitable trade with Cliina, a development very disturbing to the Japanese minister of. fin once. WEATHER REPORT 'Unsettled weather, with sriqw and fresh winds." is the prediction for the next few days of R. B. Curler, local; meteorological agent. For the week ending Tuesday. December 22nd. then were 4 hours and 54 minutes of mui-shine, and a precipitation of .13 of one Inch. The maximum and minima: temperature readings for the period were: . Wednesday 3fi ?' Thursday ......• •• 40 :"' Friday ............;...'..... •••» ?° , Saturday ......... Sunday ......... Monday ................. 22 ¦« Tuesday..................... ll> ".. A M. PATTERSON IF ITS MEN'S WEAR WE HAVE IT mason's (imthups ! We wish to thank our customers tor their patronage during the past year and extend to all the best of the .— SEASON'S GREETINGS The HOME FURNISHERS WE BUY AND SELL ^ I |