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Greetings
ANNUAL
CONVENTION
ASSOCIATED
BOARDS
of
TRADE
of
Central
British
Columbia
and
to
the
Delegates
from
Alaska
iwHOSE
PRESENCE
WITH
US
IS
A
CLEAR
INDICATION
OF
THE
KEEN
RECI-
PROCITY
WHICH
EXISTS
BETWEEN
OUR
PEOPLES
f
Separate
from
the
great
Confederacy
of
the
United
States
.by
the
width
of
this
vast
Dominion,
they
still
have
no
feeling
of
isolation
but
only
of
a
warm
friendship
and
a
trong
community
of
interests.
We
'wish
the
Convention
every
success.
May
its
deliberations
be
both
pleasant
and
profitable,
and
iproductive
of
much
constructive
thought
and
suggestion
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than
PRINCE
RUPERT,
city
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No
venue
icould
be
more
appropriate
a
and
port
of
igreat
strategic
importance.
Terminus
of
a
great
Transcontinental
Railway,
with
its
magnificent
ice-free
harbor
and
splendid
facilities,
its
highly
developed
Fishing
Industry,
its
Dry
Dock,
huge
Gram
.
-Elevator
and
Cold
Storage
Plant,
spacious
Railway
Yards
and
Docks,
,
-
.and
widely
diversified
activities,
it
occupies
a
place
inthe
economic
pic-
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C
ture
of
great
and
grawing
importance.
It
is
the
centre
and
distributing
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point
of
British
Columbia's
.newest
and
most
potential
hinterland
of
Mineral,
Fishery,
Timber,
and
Agricultural
Resources.
DEPARTMENT
of
TRADE
and
INDUSTRY
Parliament
Buildings,
Victoria,
B.C.
ffi.G.OWEnOTTOM,
Deputy
Minister.
HON.
HiESLIE
HI.
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