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White, Shiles Cop|RE INSURANCErw WESTMINSTER, B. CWhite, Shiles CoREAL ESTATE260 Columbia St.Phone 85VOUMEVI MBER 4o.ifNIORS WIN EASILYin basketball gameL illies were playedWO nv‘de driil 1 ‘“st nigl,t' resulting , Kfn for t)i- seniors over the V.i’.'s3 , to !■'. and a defeat byintermediates by two points, thestanding IS to IS. ie Si.nio: - ha i an easy tluie of itt!;. i l lon'ullng the score t,. in- m the first half,ai t:i ug it iti the secondjm!. The Vancouver teait^ was*T‘t •• -M tl and was nevere . :n,. : iif minute with theoyV T;.t were outplayed at,!!.• . \v -;11 one, centre, wherennif forgot 11;at he wasVl- a • i : an aimlessly back fort:.. To hi' credit, however. U jilac*. I four field goals,* one • m a v* :• good shot. Peacockthe him; : nie'-rous man on the oiivci team, but his dangerousinn a : were not destine 1 touch in t • lence, C. Spring, who (‘d him ;iroving altogether too toi liis i» . e of mind when he thlt; at’• •:;i: ' and too slippery a r -to;- when he once gotwith the ball. G. Spring also d an excellent game, guarding d : - in good style. The fobPLOT LEADS MANYRUSSIANS TO JAILer Vancouver Morerebled-Tntermedi-Attempt to Curtail Lives ofreuicuse by Small Margin„i . i ■ mExalted Personages GivesPolice Lots of Work.NEW ■■ -TMINSTER. B. C. SAT I um MORNING, FEBRl AKV ifoV lt;KNTS PER WEEKHAWTHORNTHWAIIENATAL ACT INOPERATIVEPOWttt COMPANItS AREGAINS PREMIER’S SUPPORT •Vancouver, FVsb, 21. - The N tal act was ruled this morning iTy Chief Justice Hunter to♦♦♦♦INJURING NIAGARA♦ inoperative so a as the ♦♦ ■ ai uf Japan a e concern- ♦Lritish Scientist Points OutMcBride Would Leave Probing of Asiatic Immigration to *Lieut-Governor Dunsmuir Finance Minister Tatlow’swing were the points scored: Morri-St. Petersburg, Feb. 21.—Attempts that had been planned agalus: tholives of exalted personages were frustrated by the police last night by a succession of arrests in various parts ot the city aggregating 50 men and women. This is the greatest number of terrorists ever taken by the j)olice in the capital. The majority of them were hoavih armed, some with bombs, and they made desperate resistance against the police during the course of the arrests. Thvn policemen were wounded an I one was killed. The operations centred around the palace of the Gran 1 1 kv Nicholas Xicliolasvitch, who it is surmised was the immediate o. ject of the plot.Several hundred gendarmes dn w a' cordon around an entire city block intho vicinity of the grand duke apalace, comprising six nundred occupied apartments \gents of the p)Hco searched these apartments from topto bottom and unearthed stores of ex ' plosives and firearms. A fashionably dressed woman was arrested on tho street. She carried a muff in which was concealed a quantity of dynamite and was arrested at the entrance of the Fssupon park. Two nmn were arrested in the Grand Mosque, one of whom is a notorious Italian anarchist. While the iolice were arrest-Budget Speech Replete With Interesting Facts andFigures Province Sound Financially.Vic lt;-la, Feb. 21.—(Special.)—Prem- tier Mlt; . . dt this afternoon identified i... 1 bet n $4,396,082; net expend!♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦$ 1U9,9:)9; leaving .. net surplus +liimx H with Comrade J. H. Haw- lt;;, - I,(•::s. chibfly accounted for by +mi hough he did not hold that thlt; act was Inoperative as a whole, it was held to be in ccntrevention of the treaty act with Japan.He ordered the release of thi* wo men held and a *0 sug glt; sted that they have a right of action against someone whom he did not name, for their detention.Danger From Use of FallsFor Power Purposes.tborntl x p in the latter’s effort to tn ,ct that revenue exceeded make . Kgnmage to the foot of the « mates by over $1,600,000, derive!the +♦♦♦♦lt;**♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦throat ,» introducing an amendment ! a. land sab-s. principally in Vancoutlt;» the socialist’s motion made Wed- v timber licenses and royalties ow-nesday that the matter of Asiatic im* • givat development of the him-PROVINCIAL tiOVLRNMEMmigration be taken before the lin • in lustrv, tho excess of those twptrial parliament, but advocating the itlt; 1 alone amounting to over $ 1.2' changing of the method of procedure. including the increase in registryTO APPEAL DECISIONThe premier would favor the lieutenant-gov mor approaching the gover-Vic oria, Feb. 21.- Immediately u;-. nil printing office foes. The actualexpenditure only exceeded the esti- on receipt of the decision of Chiefnor-genera: on tb« subject, instead of t ■ .t»d by $220,000, includ.ng public Juv ce Hunter against the contention.i direct . pi* il to the Imperial govern-1 works $176,323. of the provincial Government as tement being made. McBride spoke at Net Liabilities Decreased. the validity of the Natal Act, Attornsome length on the subject, the do- T‘.lt; t a la nee of liabilities over asset. General Bowser at once took the n« v late being finally adjourned at the m.i decreased considerably in the essary steps for the argument on tin|h i« d between 1903 and 1907 or from appeal. He will arrange for a special*78 in tho first namvd year to Fitting of the Appellate Court now inrequest of the le dc*r of tin* opposi tlon.G R Naden, Greenwood, sought to .**25,233, a reduction of $ 1,600,UU0 session here at the earliest possibleamend tin* municipal elections act by mostly in tho public debt.date.striking out the householder’s clause\lthough there is a long list of ap-I he loan of 1877 maturing 011 July giving voting power to all persons. wa provided for by the sinking pea - waiting to be heard, the court,paying a tax of two dollars, and fund invested in our own 3 per,«*nt.' com nosed of Mr. Justices Irving, Mor-wliu li would let in women's votes, mock of £105,671. The government rGon and Clement will comply wit 1holding that votes should be given to acting on advice had purchased stockall men and women, irrespective ot on the government account, had theproperty qualifications. The members stock inscribed in the name of theof the government wished the clause loverumont and applied half yearly totin* \ttonwy-General's request, and atthe close the argument in the calt; of Huntting vs. McAdam, will hear the Natal Act appeal. If their decisionWashington, Feb. 21.—Dr. W. J.Spence 1 1 Uo IJrj/vv1' Icientist, whoW .1,, •pin* geological.a to make an inresti-feation of the Niagaia F'alls problem, described today the effect of utilization ot its waters by power plants upon the scenic beauty of that nationalwater power.At the instance of the Vm» rican civic federation Or, Spencer appeared before the riverB and harbors committee of the United States house of representatives and presented facte .and figures to show what effect the request of the Ontario Power company tor a power tranchise, to develop which power would require 40,000 cubic feet of water per second, would have on the falls.It was contended by Dr. Spence* that this request is for from 20 to 25 per cent, of the discharge of the Niagara river and would greatly impair the characteristics of the Whirlpool rapids; lower the river bed up to the falls, break up the surface rockat the foot of the American falls an 1Goat island, and thereby cause a more rapid recession of the Horseshoe. He said;“On account of lowering the water into the basin about the upper rapids it will Increase the slope of the riverRn tVwa Hiirfano nf l.flkn Frto trill
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New Westminster Daily News
New Westminster, British Columbia, CA
Sat, Feb 22, 1908
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