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001C951F A Wee z.y '.4 ews va aei- CIrculati ugi u $ 1.00 per year. Nemsitandi 6c per Copy the District of West Vancouver-- Ambleside, Hollyburu, Weston, Dundarave Cypress Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, Etc. Vol. I I I EI G HT PAG ES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, MAY 18th, 1928 No. 7 Ferries and Busses Show Surplus NEWS ITEWIS AND ADS. i&IUST HE IN BY lVEDNESDAY NOON NEXT IVEEK Summer Schedule Starts We Are Proud of Our ClIoirs West Vancouver is proud of its Choral Societies and West Vancouver has every right to be proud. The parent body has once again won the shield in the blue ribbon event of the B. C. Ilusical Festival. This is the premier event of the year in musical circles. Four times in the last 6 years West Vancou- ver has taken first place, and on each of the other 2 years second place. It is a record any district SHOULD be proud of. KUe congratulate the choir and its able instructor and leader, Professor James i'll. Morgan. The choir and Mr. i~lorgan have given West Vancouver untold value in advertising and have been of remarkable benefit to the community as a whole. Few people outside the choir realise just how much painstak- ing work is required to bring a chorus to the stage of effici- ency which has been attained by the )Vest Vancouver Musical Society. Constant practises night after night, and careful ap- plication to the study of the parts are very necessary. The leader and the members of the choir are satisfied that their work has been rewarded by the award of this emblematic shield. We, however, like a good many others, feel that the community owes some tangible appreciation to this talented leader. It must have taken Alr. Morgan many years to acquire the technical and professional knowledge necessary to bring a choir to the state of perfection required to win so much honor. It is a well recognised fact that any branch of the musical profession demands work and effort out of all pro- portion to the remuneration. Let us forget for a minute the musical, artistic and educational viewpoint, and get right down to the commercial value of such an achievement. The suc- cess of these choirs, not only this year, but also in previous years, has focussed the attention of the people of B. C. on AVest Vancouver as the centre of the best ig life. The adver- tising value of this success has been enormous. and it is only fitting and right, if one is fair and just, to recognise this worth. Kind words and praise are very fine, but real apprecia- tion is shown in a more tangible way. We would suggest that the people of )Vest Vancouver through their elected repre- sentatives, the council, show the appreciation we all feel by making some suitable presentation to Mr. Morgan. Such action would, we believe, have the support of every citizen who has the true interest of the community at heart. The Pacific Stages are now run- ning on their augmented sum- mer time table, the details of which are given in this issue. The P. G. E. Railway will start next Sunday on a new schedule which calls for eleven trains a day each way on week days and thirteen trains each Sunday. The new time tables of each service are given in this issue. Owing to next Thursday being Empire Day and a puhlic holiday it will be necessary for all news items and advertising to be in our hands by Wednesday noon to ensure puhlication in THE NElVS next week. The paper will be issued on Friday as usual, but the printers will not be at work on Thursday thus necessi- tating "copy" being in a day earlier. The auditors'eport on the municipal transportation system for the quarter ending 30th April, shows an operating sw- plus of $ 1,984.83. The revenue received from passenger fares was $2G,G77.50 and from freight and advertising $315.60, against which there were expenditures totalling $25,008.27, ging an operating surplus as ahove. Bryan Nommated sIvIMMING TANK at Convention AT DUNDARAVE CONSERVATIVES TO IIEET AND APPOINT DELEGATES The council has decided that, on the receipt of a written re- quest of the regatta committee accepting full responsibility for its care, they will order the swimming tank to be towed from Eagle Harbour and placed in po- sition at Dundarave wharf, as it was last summer. A meeting of the IVest Van- couver Conservative Association will be held in the Dundarave Hall on illonday, May 28th, at 8 p. m. The speaker of the eve- ning will be Mr. Geo. H. Cowan, K.C., Ex-i%I.P., who will deal with thepolitical problems of the day. At the same meeting delegates will be appointed to attend the nominating Convention to be held in North Vancouver on the following evening. May29th. Owing '.o the general interest being taken in the political situ- ation of the Province, and of the prominence of the speaker, it is expected that the meeting will be a great rally of the Conser- vative forces of EUest Vancou- ver. Last Saturday night J. M. Bry- an, sitting member for the North Shore in the provincial house, was nominated as Liberal candi- date at a convention held in the K. P. hall, North Vancouver. Premier McLean addressed the meeting prior to the business being started. The premier's remarks have been the subject of editorial comment as well as of prominent articles in the daily press. His remarks dealt speci- fically with the lack of unanim- ity in Liberal circles on the North Shore, he making certain recommendations in an endeavor to unite the different factions, and regretting that all sections of the constituency were not represented. Ferry Sonrisa to be Re-valued The ferry superintendent was instructed by the council to have the Sonrisa re-valued and to re- port the figures to them at their next regular meeting on 21st May. It was also decided that, in view of the additional $3,000 necessary to cover the added value of her engine and improve- ments, the bids for $9,000 insur- ance on the boat be not consult- Senior Baseball Team Leads League v ent players on the team. He is not a spectacular player but he is safe and sound in all depart- ments of the game. His fielding so far is 100 per cent,. and his batting mighty close to .400. This is the kind of player that wins the games. He may not be as entertaining to watch, but it is mighty comforting to the fans to know that he is on deck. Last Monday night, being fill- ed with baseball enthusiasm through the remarkable show- ing made by the IVest Van. team we wended our way to Mahon Park, North Vancouver, to see the locals take the 'Elks into camp, but Mr. Larsen, that be- spectacled manager pitcher, thought differently, and seem- ingly the members of the local aggregation were in cohoots with that same Larsen in decid- ing that our winning streak was to be broken. Friend Larsen pitched a real masterly game. but the West Van. players acted like a bunch of school kids on a corner lot. Any of our junior teams could have lambasted the stuffing out wf them last blon- day. Our tivo idols of last week, Lord and Doidge, was sadly off color. Lord tried to play all over the park, evidently thinking that it was a one-man team, and was responsible for much of the trouble the locals ran into. Friend Doidge must have had a greasy mitt, for the old pill cer- tainly would not stay in it. How- ever, this was just an off day, the kind that attacks most of us once in a while. Three wins out of four starts in not bad going for any team, but, if there should be an early repetition of 5londay night's perfonnance, methinks Manager i41ickey Abott is going to do some tall thinking and will have to get the axe shai~ened up. The game got off to a bad start anyhow. Gavin and Maveety did not put in an appearance until after the game had started. Heaslip began at short and Kidd at third and right here we want to give Roy Heaslip the big hand as being one of the most effici- The record to date now stands 4 wins, 2 seconds. Miss Margaret i~lclntyre again scored success with pupils, Miss Beatrice Hodgson, violin class under 13 years, 88 points, second place; Master Rex Rhodes. violin, class under 16 years, 88 points; Mrs. Colin McLean awarded second in a large class for so- prano. Miss Joan Durban we welcome as the possessor of a beautiful singing voice of marv- elous resonance and timbre. She gained credit and distinction by winning the Gold Medal and a splendid adjudication, thereby reflecting credit on her tutor, illrs. F. X. Hodgson. 5!rs. H. A. Eager, mezzo so- prano, awarded 88 points in a large class had also benefited from the tuition of ~lrs. F. X. Hodgson. bliss Hat tie Young, elocutionist, with a little more careful training has an assured future in that particular art. To those interested music lov- ers who followed the fortunes of the Ladies'hoir, when th y appeared at the wesley Church on Friday evening, May 11th, in competition with the best aggre- gations from Vancouver and Vic- toria, a great improvement in the technique and ensemble could be noted. The Musical Festival provides that opportunity for the amateur, to test out the train- ing imparted during the season, also the competitive spirit engen- dered and critical adjudication is of immense value during fut- ure study. The Ladies Choir gained a meritorious second place, a step up from the 1927 festival. A combination of the existing hannonious relations between their talented Conduc- tor and the Choir will undoubt- edly be reivarded with premier honors in the near future. The thanks of the citizens are due the Blusical Society for their sterling performance at the Arena on Saturday evening, blay 12th, when by ability and technique they~ gained an exceptionally good adjudication embracing conductor and choir. The en- thusiastic welcome from the large audience to the conductor. Air. J. i~!. Morgan, ivould in a measure repay for the strenuous study and effort necessary to produce such a talented rendition of the tivo best pieces in such a short space of time. The Society again ranks as British Colum- bia's finest musical aggregation. The North Vancouver City Council sent to the council a copy of a resolution recently passed by them with regard to the collision of "the Norwich City" with the Second Narrows bridge. In the resolution the city council went on record as being very much opposed to the incor- rect statements regarding the accident contained in a telegram forwarded to Ottawa by the Van- couver Board of Trade, 5Ierch- ants Exchange, and the Shipping Federation of B. C., which bodies had apparently been misinform- .'d on the matter. The resolution also contained figures showing the number of vessels of all kinds which had passed the bridge without mishap since it had first ben opened. The council wrote the North Vancouver city council stating that their views entirely co-in- cided with those expressed in the resolution. LAST NIGHT'S GAIlIE HEAT NATIVE SONS 4-1 EVe are glad that the pitch- ing staff has been increased by a good strong flinger, who will prove a tower of strength to the )Vest Van team. So far Kidd hasn't shown a thing. Jack French and Blair Edwards have had to take the heavy end of twirling, and naturally it is com- ing pretty hard on these two. Both are splendid pitchers, but they cannot be expected to pitch effective ball, if they are to be worked so regularly. Lindsay comes ~vith a goo;l record. He pitched his first game for EVest Van. last night and the local tribe beat the Nat- ive Sons by 4 to 1 ~ Last night the whole team showed a revers- al of hlonday's form and played excellent ball. Jack Stratton poled out a couple of two bag- gers and furthered his popular- ity with the fans accordingly. Lord who played third and Doidge, catcher, both retrieved their reputations by playing sterling games. Alaveety at short put up a stellar perform- ance and altogether the fans went away well satisfied with the performance. 5loreover Mr. Umps was pretty good and- quite fair. LEGIO.'II TO HOLD illONTHLY IIEETING Captains to Pass on I New Ferry Plans The Canadian Legion, IVest 4 ancouver branch, is holding the regular monthly meeting to- night (Friday) at 8 p.m., in the Legion rooms. As arrangements will have to be made at this meeting for the annual meeting and smoker, which will be held as usual in June, every member who can possihly do so ls asked to attend. The council recently obtained various plans for the new ferry which it is proposed to build. These plans have been refened to the ferry superintendent with instructions that he obtain the opinions of the ferry captains on the merits of the plans in ques- tion. ed. PRQTEsT sTATE IENTs West Vancouver Chairs Take GIVE RE BRIDGE Premier Honors at Musical Festival