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Resampled001B6D0E A Weekly Newspaper Vol. II Circulatingift the $ 1.00 per year. EIGHT PAGES District of West Vancouver-- A mbleside, Holi@burn, Weston, Dundarave Caulfeild, WhyteCliff, CyPreSS Park, EtC. Newsstands 5c per Copy HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, MAY 6th, 1927 No. 5 MOTHERS'AY Retail Dealers Bureau to Meet Monday Boost for the Ferries Next Sunday is Mothers'ay, that day on which we especi- aly remember our mothers. And what a wealth of memories the word "mother" brings home to us, regardless of our age or condition, whether our own mother is still with us or has passed on. We think of a care and tenderness, of loving eyes watching over us in sickness, of loving arms to which we ran in childhood if frightened or full of the little woes that bulked so large on our small horizon, and, when the years had brought to us manhood and womanhood, of the same mother to whom we went in the days when the sun shone brightest and when, too, it had apparently set forever on our happiness. And so long as she is with us, so long will she remain the keeper of our greatest joys and our deepest sorrows. A mother's love is the strongest thing in the world and the most unselfish. It gives everything and, satisfied with the joy of giving, asks nothing in return. The worst criminal in the world receives absolution from his mother. She only re- members him when he was an innocent child in her arms, and, however heinous his crimes, that memory blots out in her mind all that has followed. 5Iothers, even if normally timid, have braved fir and flood, pestilence and famine, torture, degradation, have com- mitted crimes, and gone down to sudden or awful deaths to save the lives of their children. They have been doing this as far back as history goes and back further in the dim past, and they will continue to do so until this order of things has passed away. So on Sunday we will do well to remember our mothers, who sustained and comforted us in the long years, who, living, re- main our greatest friends, and who, if they have preceded us to the great Spirit Land, will be the first to welcome us when we step forth on the farther shore. Don't forget! a red flower if mother is still living, a white flower, if mother has passed away. BRIDGE& EARNINGS $260.00 PER DAYCouncil to Meet Library Board The average daily earnings of the Second Narrows bridge dur- ing April was three cents less than in April, 1926. Last month the average daily earnings was $340.64. During April, 141,513 persons crossed the bridge, 49,920 auto- mobiles, 6,008 trucks and 1,372 other vehicles. The average earnings for Sundays and holi- days only were $604.30; the av- erage earnings for business days were $274.32. The lowest day' earnings, April 6, was $ 193.57 i/&., the highest day's earnings, April 10, was $934.77i/&. From January 1 to April 30, 428,639 persons crossed the bridge, 153,332 automobiles, 20,- 948 trucks and 4,481 other ve- hicles. The average daily earn- ings from January 1 is $260.89. All of the figures quoted were issued by Percy Ward, manager and secretary for the Burrard Inlet Tunnel and Bridge Comp- any. The council will receive a dele- gation from the Hollyburn Pub- lic Library Board at their meet- ing next Monday, when certain important matters in connection with the library will be discussed. Questions arising out of the establishment of a rabbitry on Marine Drive by J. C. Barton have been refeiTed by the coun- cil to the Municipal Solicitor for his opinion. The council has granted per- mission to the Forest branch of the Department of Lands, Vic- toria, to display a Forest Protec- tion Banner across Marine Drive near the Hollyburn Ridge ap- proach during the coming fire season. Petition for Electric Lighting INCREASED PAY FOR FERRY OFFICERSA petition has been forwarded to the council from the property owners and residents in the area extending from Caulfeild to Whytecliff, which embracesKew Beach, Balmy Beach, Eagle Har- bour, Fishermen's Cove and Gleneagles, asking for an exten- sion of the electric lighting sys- tem through these districts. This petition is signed by 100 per cent of the property owners «nd residents concerned. A letter has been received by the Council from the Canadian Merchant Service Guild relative to the agreement governing the pay and working conditions of the deck officers on the ferries which expired 1st February last. lt ivas desired that a new agree- ment be made for the current year with the object of bringing the scale of pay up to the stand- ard minimum scale. A letter was also received from the National Asociation uf Mar- ine Engineers of Canada submit- ting new agreement regarding ferry engineers, which will in- volve a rise of $ 10 per month in pay. Both letters were referred to the Transportation Committee. GIVES DONATION TO BASEBALL CLUB R. P. Clark & Co. have left with the WEST VAN. NEWS a donation of $5 to the West Van- couver Basel&all Club which is being handed over to the Secre- tary-treasurer. A meeting will be held in Am- bleside Hall on Monday evening, May 9th, to elect officers. All members and intemong members are requested to attend. GEORGE HAY. BUYS SITE OF HIS OLD OFFICE The north-west corner of 14th and Marine Drive, on which is situated Hay's real estate office and Normand's grocery, was purchased this week by George Hay, who, we understand, will proceed immediately with the construction of a new building on the site. Plans have not yet been definitely decided upon, but it is anticipated that a modern structure will replace the build- ings now standing there. Ferry Returns In spite of the cold and back- ward spring the ferry returns for last month show an increase of 5471 in the number of passen- gers as compared with those us- ing the ferries in April last year. The figures are 64,889 for April 1027 aud against 59,418. Tl.:s increase is a substantial one, par- ticularly in view of the fact that the number of transients, hikers, etc., has been considerably small- er due to the late spring. Not only does it reflect the increase in the number of permanent resi- dents in the past year, but it also shove that the recent improve- ments in the ferry and bus ser- vices are already producing re- sults.. P.G.E. Reduces Ticket Rates Changes Planned to Popularize Railroad With a view to popularizing the North Shore line of the P. G. E. Raihvay, several innova- tions are planned when the sum- mer schedule goes into effect next Sunday. Rates have been greatly reduced and transfer of commutation tickets among members of a family will for the first time be allowed. An entirely new policy is the sale of weekly and monthly pass- es, entitling the holder to an un- limited number of rides within the period for ivhich the pass is issued. Chief consideration in draft- ing the summer schedule has been to fix the morning and eve- ning trains on week days at hours suitable for the conveni- ence of people coming to and from the city for business. Sun- day service will be similar to that of last year, except that trains will leave North Vancou- ver at 25 minutes past the hour instead of 30 minutes, thereby shortening the ivait between the ferry arrival and the departure of the trains. In connection with the devel- opment of Memorial Park the council have authorized J. Find- er-Moss to make a complete lo- cation survey of the park. Transportation has eyer been a bone of contention in IVest Vancouver. Delegations, petitions, and other agitations have recommended, discussed and urged this subject so long and so often that the matter had become one of the bugbears of the municipal authorities. Last year an initial endeavor was made to give a service satisfactory to everybody. Increased sailings and reduced fares were put into operation in an en- deavor to please our permanent residents and provision was made to still further enlarge the usefulness and accomodation of the service. This year the half-hourly service was inaugur- ated following the specific requests of our people. It is a big undertaking, the outcome of which is problematical. THE NEWS has all along maintained and still maintains that a mun- icipal ferry system should not be operated primarily as a profit making proposition, claiming that it should be, above all, for the convenience of the residents; but by the same token we do not, and never have, suggested that any huge loss should be permitted. We have now obtained somewhat the kind of ser- vice we have long been hoping for. IVe congratulate the coun- cil upon their evident endeavor to meet the wishes of the public. . They have done their part. Now it is up to the public general- ly to do theirs. Boost the ferry! Use the ferry! Tell your friends to use the ferry. Sit down today and write or tele- phone your acquaintances and friends to come and visit you. To come and see West Vancouver, and at the same time to en- joy one of the cheapest and most enjoyable half-hour sails to be had anywhere in the world. West Vancouver has a lot of attractive features, but none more attractive than the trip from Vancouver to Ambleside in our well appointed and comfortable riding ferries. This is Friday. Get busy. Telephone your friends and make it a West Vancouver "at-home" week-end. Bishop Performs Again A despatch from Ottawa was recently carried in an issue of the Province in which it was stated that there would be no Lions 'ate bridge. The Province professes friendship to- wards us and we can only deduct that they are endeavoring to prove that friendship by putting their best foot forward to amuse us. The article in question should really have been laid over to the Sunday Supplement and published in the joke column. Mr. Bishop has merely repeated his previous despatch with the addition that Ottawa had no intention at any time of tak- ing action on the bridge. This latter has since been denied by responsible officials of the department of public works, and the rest of the article contains nothing but the news that Ot- tawa has not approved of any plan. This is not news, because Mr. Bishop told us this some time ago, and ive knew even then that Ottawa will not be consulted until the municipalities have passed on the bridge plans. The whole thing, therefore, is just piffle from beginning to end, but still quite in keeping ivth the kind of propaganda the Province has been putting out since it turned against the bridge--and it wasn't ahvays against the building of the bridge. British Empire Shopping Week British Empire Shopping IVeek, which is the iveek includ- ing May 24th (Empire Day), this year commencing on May 23rd, was inaugurated by the British IVomen's Patriotic League in England five years ago and is now being developed through- out the Empire with splendid results. His Honor the Lieutenant Governor has given his endorsa- tion to the scheme and has communicated ivith the Reeve in- viting his cooperation and that of every one in the district dur- ing "Shopping IVeek" which is set for 23rd to 30th 5Iay. The initial success of the undertaking rests largely with the Retail Merchants. It is suggested that they arrange window exhibitions, giving prominence, firstly, to locally manufactured articles; secondly to British Colunibia products; third+ to Canadian goods, and, finally to relate the scheme to the ivhole of the British Empire by showing Empire-made goods from across the seas. After that, of course, the buyers must do their part. His Honor feels that, if the co-operation of the ivomen-kind of the province is conjoined with that of the business interests the success of this patriotic and sounds economic scheme will be assured. Last year niuch good ivork ivas done to carry out the "Brit- ish Empire Shopping IVeek" schenie, and, if the same, or even greater efforts are put forth this year, the foundations for all time of this fine movement ivill be firmly laid. The executive of the British Columbia Branch has issued a circular addressed to Women's organizations throughout British Columbia asking for their co-operation in making the British Empire Shopping iveek a success.