a: ABBOTSFORD, SUMAS & MATSQUI NEWS PAGE THRES HANEY CONSERVATIVES VALLEY HONOR An unusual honor comes to the WOULD BAR CZECHS Fraser Valley with the announce- A resolution condemning proposed | ment that the locomotive which will settlement of Czechoslavakian refug-| draw the royal train of King George land near Pitt Meadows, ess on wer |and Queen Elizapeth eastward o” passed at the annual meeting of the |May 31 is being overhauled, burt Dewdney Provincial Conservative As- ished and decorated at the P.!t soliation at Haney, L, R. Wilson of| ann, surrey, shops of the Canadiaa Mission was elected presiden* of the | National Railways, association succeeding Dr. G. Morse | of Haney. Other officers elected in- —- cluded W. Hope of Haney, first- 69TH ROYAL CITY |MAY DAY DATE SET The sixty-ninth annual New We minster May Day will oe held Friday, May 12, it has been de- cided J ds. T. Ramsay, and J. secretary -treasurer. Harrison Olivi vice-president; second vice-president, of Port Moody, celebration Com- band The Chilliwack Junior Band mittee has decided to purchase Johnston “was re-elected us uniforms immediately in preparation| chairman and master of ceremonies for the visit of the King and Queen|for the celebration and D. Me- in May. Funds will be raised by an | Kenzie was again chosen secretary- appeal to the public treasurer. Tenders for Wood 15tn TENDERS are hereby invited up to and including April for the supplying of wood in the following quantites to the schools listed herein SCHOOL Hardwood Cedar Length Abbotsford Superior ie wiveees, 765 Corda 2 cords Aberdeen ricks 2 ricks Bradner 0 ricks 2 ricks Huntingdon 5 ricks 2 ricks OO PSCC SECA. 15 ricks 1 rick Kilgard ae 2 ricks Matsqui Elementary 4 ricks Matsqui High 2 ricks 22 Ins, Mt. Lehman High : -50 ricks, 8 ricks 20 ins Mt. Lehman Elementary ricks 1 rick 20 ins. Peardonyille 20 ric 2 ricks 24 ins, 6 ricks 1 rick 12 ins. 40 ricks 2 ricks 20 ins. 6 ricks 1 rick 24 ins Straiton 15 ricks 1 rick 24 ins. Uppe ae 80 ricks 12 ricks 12 ins, Upper ) Vio. OS t0ericie 1 rick 24 ins, Masonic Hall (Temporary School).. 15 ricks 1 rick 24 ins Sheffield High~........°...... 6 ricks dry fir for kindling, 16 Ins. Hardwood is to be sound and dry birch, maple or alder. Wood to be delivered and piled for measurement in the basements of the various schools by August 31st, 1939. Payment will be made after the wood. has been inspected and found to be in proper condition, Tenders should be made to Mr. T, 'W. Hall, Official Trust Education Office, Abbotsford, B.C. Lowest or any tender not necessarily accepted. Canada Will Not Surrender Liberty | The Canadian governmen: on March 14 proclaimed its willinz- ness to consult with Great Brit- ain and other freedom-lovir countries on “the most effect means of co-operation against ag gressions’’ and warned that Can- ada would regard unproyoked at- tack on Great Britain as "an act of aggression’ menacing freedom in all parts of the British Com- monwealth.” The pronouncement was mad by Prime Minister Mackenzi King In the House of Common He emphasized, howéver, that parliament alone “has the le and responsible authority to sp nada in such grave issue eondemned Germany's con- of Czechoslovakia, declaring 1s “wanton” and could “find no defence,” and asserted that “there is scarcely anything [ would not srifice for peace ex- cept the liberty which we enjo} and which we will never Sur- Conservative Leader R. J. Man- | lon also denounced the conque and branded Chancellor Adolf Hitler as “a madman," who, “organized criminality,” “alming at world domination.” through was EARLY AND HEAVY SEEDING INDICATED M. S. A. DISTRICT An early and unusually ume of Gordon Abbotsofrd Milling Co., large vol- d sales is reported by| the | manager of branch of the B. & K. Ltd. Fear of Peardon, another | dry on is believed to be promp! ing early seeding this year while a considerable acreage of new land is also coming under cultivation | | From January 1 to February 23, 1939 cattle exports from Canada. to the United States totalled 36,549 as| against 6,629 during the correspond- | ing period of 1938. The number of | calves exported 84 compared | with 7, 108 in the similar period YOR-GENERAL GOVE Lord Tweedsmuir, who is now visiting in B. C. 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RY EDMONTON FRIDAY, Mar. 31 to SATURDAY, April 8 Advocates Positive Effort (Continued From P t should be might that bi improved ich we ave 5 yecause any enefit that may be derived, ean nly cor not through any bese ficlal application to production, but igh some improvement in our m of distribution THE MAIN LINK ‘We are wthout doubt living is finest country in world blessed with an abundance of God's sunshine with mild and equitable climate where production fs all that could be wished for. As long how- r there is production there must consumption, and as long there is consumption there must distribution, and this is the main | connect link in entire chain S fa a more table returns to the producer is concerne In reference to the dairy indus r, Provincial Marketing Act us n declared intra viries and fresh milk and distributed fm narketing Boards | Provincial Act. jIt remains to be seen what real b the dairy men will ectually | receive, but it has been indicated ;that they have almost unanimously expressed their willingness to give | this scheme a conscientious trial | Potatoes have remained under the Provincial Marketing Act with a div ision of opinion between growers, and recently an entirely new Potate Board has been elected, It remains also to be seen what benefits veget- |= Srowers will receive through” ;@ further trial. | OUTLET REQUIRED | “Smal fruits and rhubarb are un- der voluntary co-operation and play important tural | an part in the industry of the Fraser and Mainland, than many | stance, there ha acreage ley Lower larger ia For in- continual straw berrie:, 1920 unti: being | fact are aware been a | increase in and field rhubarb since last the 1938 | the largest on record. “The city markets, Vancouver and year, acreage which include have as faz products prairie centres, reached as the in the the sa.uration distribution of fresh fruit ed, and there |}surplus of these form is concern- exists an accumuated for which | outlet must be found elsewhere. the Agreement a r berries an “Through Preferential market found in Trade this United business can developed by sup hest products | whic ih must of course be in competi- tion with imports Holland, Bulgaria and Tasmania. Large quan- tities of B. C_ berries were exported with and it is ady for surplus can be This be satisfactorily the Kingdom. export plying the hi quality from | last season very satisfactory anticipated that son will find the heaviest the history of the berry j industry being exported in this man- | ner. | results, coming | supplies in | OPPORTUNITY | ‘When we consider that ‘January and October, 1938, Eng- land imported from- Holland §,003 tons of S.0.2 strawberries, 2.500 } tons from Bulgaria, and only h= jtween 400 and 500 tons from B. C. } the opportunity afforded for an ex- pansian in this business deserves | the consideration and support of our }small fruit industry “In this area extending from Vaz couver to Hope, lumber is still am important ind. y comprising as it does, logging and t manufae- pars of roug lumber ties and shingles to the vari finished pro- Picts such as finished lumber, sash- Jes and dc rates and containers, | plywood ther by-products in- | cidental eto. Recently there has | been an uptrend in all phases of this industry from which every dist- r ves x benefit S08 3 LOOK 1! LISTEN 11! HAY Y THE A. S. & M. NEWS ?