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001C9561 A Wee z.y '.4 ews va hei CI1 CulBrlllg 1Pl $ 1.00 per year. NewIICRGds 6c per Copy the District of H est l~allcourler-Amblesl'cPe, Hollybrlrll, Westo11, Dulls'arave Cypress Park, Caulfe/ ld, Whytecliff, Etc. Vol. II I TEN PAGES HOLLYBURN P.O., ~VEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, f UNF. 29th. 1928 No. 13 POLITICA L COIDIITTEE ROOilS Ol'ENED AT AilHI.ESIDE Both the Liberals and Conser- vatives have opened central com- mittee rooms at Ambleside. The Liberals on the south side of i~Iarine in the Yates Building in the store formerly occupied by Tites Shoe Repair and the Con- servatives on the north side in the store formerly occupied hy I'earces Dry Goods. The I.iberal I'hone number is IVest 298 and the Conservatives IVest 166. REEVE VINSON RENOUNCES THE CONSERVATIVES Reeve Vinson who declined the nomination as Independent candidate at the convention in the K. P, Hall last Tuesday, stat- ed in his address to the audience ~~ that he had renounced his affili- ation with the Conservatives, that he was no longer a Conser- vative and if, at the present time he was joining any political party it would be the Liberals. Baseball The )Vest Van. baseball team played two garnes this week. They &ion against the Native Sons 1~it Monday by a score of 8 to 5,'ad lost to the Indians yesterday by 10 to 3. French pitched on Monday, when the locals overcame a & run lead made by the Native Sons in the first inning. Last night Kidd pitched for IVest Van. against Gallagher for the Indians, but was replaced by Doidge in the sixth, as his arm went back on him. It was not a good game. Indeed it must be confessed that the )Vest Van. team has not been showing any special ball-playing for some time. A shake-up of some kind is badly needed, and if Manager Abbott expects to round out the season as he began, there will have to be some change made that will produce more effective; playing. The team has beer. greatly strengthened by the ad- dition of Falconer, and there are many excellent players on the team. They can play the game. but for some reason or another they are not winning games that should be won. The aggregation on the IVest Van. team should be able to give anyone of th« other teams a hard fight, but they seem to be slipping. EVhy". New Suspension Bridge Fort Capilano, the newest -~ scenic resort at the Second Cap- ilano canyon is rapidly becom- ing a mecca for tourists and resi- dents of Vancouver. A large dance pavilion has been constructed which wil lhold 300 couples. The hunting lodge with its open fireplace and rustic fur- niture is unique as well as com- fortable. The world's largest suspension bridge, 425 feet above the floor of the canyon will be opened hIonday. The ten modern cabins are of log coristruction and are named after Canada's famous forts. The camping and picnic grounds have every convenience. Liberals Conservatives Independents The campaign on the North Shore is now well under way and it looks as though this constitu- ency is going to be very much in the limelight during the next few weeks. The Liberal forces have not for a long time been so unified as they are right now. Notwithstanding the discussion which took place a few weeks ago the Liberals have, with the exception of a few, very few. malcontents been enthused with the candidature of the Hon. Ian hIackenzie. This cohesion bids well for the election of the new Provincial Secretary. The North Shore is a Liberal constituency. It is one district that will be specially benefitted by the return of the Liberals to power. The very definite statement of the Hon. hIr. Mackenzie re- garding the P. G. E. Railway and the Liberal policy of defini te ac- tiorr on the queistiun has given much satisfaction. It is a ques- tion of much moment to the people of the North Shore and Mr. hIackenzie pledges himself to further in every possible way its early completion. EVest Van- couver will receive tremendous benefit from this railroad. Its completion will further develop this place as a residential dis- trict, just as it will develop North Vancouver city as a busi- ness and industrial centre. "In a short time we shall see property values doubling, trebl- ing, quadrupling. EVith the gov- ernment's policy of assistance to municipalities we shall see de- velopment of roads and bridges, the building up of our long shore line, industries established and commerce thriving. That is the policy I ask you to visualize with me for North Vancouver."--Mr. Mackenzie at North Vancouver, June 9th. Premier hIaclean is generally recognized as a thoroughly sound leader. His judgments are well considered and constructive. His manifesto contains a business- like and comprehensive survey of the major problems of British Columbia. He makes a straight business appeal one that will ap- peal to all thinking people whose outlook is not blinded by party bias. The Government has, in the past four years, spent $875.000 on the North Shore. During his eight years in the house hIr. Mackenzie has supported every piece of constructive labor legis- lation. Taxes have been reduced by $3,000,000 iii the last five budgets; and more than three and a quarter millions of dollars were paid out to workers and &Iependents for medical aid by the )Vorkmen's Compensation Board during 1927. The record of the Liberal Gov- eriiment is one of progress and development. It is such a policy (Continued on Page 10) It has been said that there is no very clear distinction between the policies of the Conserva- tive and Liberal parties in the present political contest. This is in some respects true. The plat- form of each is so advanced that, a quarter of a century ago, it would have been considered socialistic. The present hIothers'ension legislation was introduced by a private member from Vancouver in support of a unanimous reso- lution of Vancouver City Coun- cil dated December 18th, 1917. It received support from both parties. Old Age Pensions received hearty Conservative support. The Conservative party at the great Kamloops convention pledged itself "when returned at the next election to bring for- ward a measure of maternity tx:negrito .'c~ hiaas fide residents." State insurance also found hearty approval and its adoption recommended when finances would permit. The inherent weakness of re- sponsible government, especial- ly where the differences in pol- icy are not great is the gradual surrender of the government to individuals who, by devious methods, would corrupt those in authority and prey upon the pub- lic treasury. )Vhat are some of the outward and visible signs of weakness of the present government? The senior government mem- ber for Vancouver, hIr. EVood- ward, in a speech in North Van- couver scathingly denounced the Government, and, later announc- ed that he would not again be a candidate. hIrs. ihIary Ellen Smith, who once headed the poll in Vancou- ver, has assayed the glory of a forlorn hope by retreating upon Pooley in Victoria. hlel. Bryan has been induced to retire and Ian Mackenzie a- dorned in cabinet plumage, seeks what he considers an easier con- test on the North Shore. Chris. hIcRae, a capable busi- ness man, has quit in evident dis- gust, and our good friend Gen- eral Odium, a man of ability and integrity, splendid cabinet timb- er, in a remarkable letter in the "Province" gives reasons for his retirement from the field. Then our own Dougald Don- aghy is again spectacularly thrust into the breach in Van- couver in the heavy armour of a prospective hlinister of Finance (where no minister has been) to stem the rising tide of discon- tent. Even in this brief review the Government's record on the liquor question should not be overlooked. IVhen the present system of government control (sale) was (Continued on Page 10) The open convention held at the K. P. Hall, North Vancouver, Tuesday evening. June 26th, for the purpose of nominating an independent candidate to contest the riding in the coming Provin- cial Election will go down in Pol- itical history of the Province of B. C. as one of the most interest- ing conventions ever held and it can be said that hIr. A. C. DIac- Millan is truly an independent candidate duly nominated by men and women who were not satisfied with the nominees al- ready in the field. It developed that the meeting was called by one-time Liberals, who were not satisfied with the Liberal party' nominee, and were determined to nominate an independent. That is perfectly all right as an indi- vidual has a right to do just as he feels. But when it comes to an entire organization from the Secretary and president of both- local and district deserting their candidate and attending in a body to take a part in the selec- tion of an Independent candidate is something that I do not think was ever attempted before. Such was the case of the Con- servative organization of the North Shore. It must be very discouraging to the Conservative candidate to know that his sup- posed supporters had left him in the lurch after campaign head- quarters had been established, even his campaign manager, deserted him and was appointed secretary of the open convention. )Vhen they had been challenged as to their motives in attending the independent meeting and accused of at tending, for the purpose of defeating the object of the meeting, they in unison declared they were there by in- vitation of a poster stating they had every right to be there and take part in the meeting which they proceeded to do by electing Mr. Botham, ex-president of North Vancouver City, as chair- man, and hIr. Loughnan as sec- retary. They no doubt meant business for it was impossible to shake them from their stand and they stayed until the business of the evening was over, although before the meeting was conclud- ed ihIr. Botham and the secretary being unable to control the meet- ing, and get them down to busi- ness, gave it up as a bad job, and another chairman and secre- tary were appointed who seem- ed to keep much better order and succeeded in getting the meeting to procede with the business of the evening. Nomination of candidates were called for; the first nominated was that of Reeve V. V. Vinson of )Vest Vancouver, who declined the nomination with thanks. The next name was Reeve Fromme of the District of North Vancouver. The third, ihIr. A. C. (Continued on Page 10) IVe have offered space in each issue of THE NElVS up to election day to the proponents of each of the North Shore candidates,--Liberal. Conservative, and Independent. The articles are written by bona-fide followers of the different candidates. The sentiments expressed are not necessarily those of the publishers of this paper, and we wish it to be clearly understood that no member of TIIE NEIVS staff is responsible in any way for the expression of the views outlined. CANDIDATES NOIIIXATED i&»ny I'rominent Citizens Spon sor Trio Seeking Election Honors. lVith three candidates nomin- ated to contest the riding of North Vancouver in the forth- coming provincial election, it would appear as though the slate was completed and "jockeying" for position was at an end. Here is the official list of the candidates together with the cit- izens who are sponsoring the three nominees: lan Alistair hlackenzie Proposed by lV. hiIorden; sec- onded by R. A. Batchelor. Archie Carland 4lac~lillan Proposed by Robt. J. Craw- ford, seconded by John Y. hIc- Naught. Jack Loutet Proposed by Benjamin J. Cornish, seconded by J. B. Paine. Schools Now Closed The public schools closed to d». The teachers are dispersing and the scholars are looking for ward to two months of unalloyed joy. From noiv on with any kind of summer weather the beaches and particularly Hollyburn and Dundarave may be expected to be crowded all day with num- bers of young si~ immers and div- ers. The Ambleside and Irwin Park diamonds will also be much used, and many will doubtless take advantage of the church camps up coast, where athletics of all kinds are conducted under responsible supervision. Some of our families are going to resorts for the rest of the summer, and a number of Vancouver residents are moving over to )Vest Van- couver with their families. Summer is here and with school books put away the youngsters will be out to enjoy themselves. IIOXDAY PUBLIC HOLIDA Y Next hIonday is Domiiiion Day. The sixty-first anniversary of confederation will be a public holidav and all offices and place. of busine:s will be closed. It is ei~ected with the sun shining again that the holiday resorts and beaches will be full, and a number of celebrations have been arranged to take place. CANDIDATES iVILI. ADDRESS ~IEETING HERE iN EXT lVEEK--LIBERALS OX iVEDNESDAY-- CONSERVATIVES TH URSDAY The political campaign on the North Shore will start in earn- est next week. On wednesday next at 8 p.m., the Hon. Ian ~lackenzie, Provincial Secretary, will with other prominent speak- ers address a public meeting in Ambleside Hall. hIr. ~Iackenzie will speak at 8 p. m. Mr. Geo. Hay will act as chairman of this meeting. The Conservative candidate, Jack Loutet, will address a meet- ing in the same hall the follow- ing evening--Thursday -- start- ing at 8 p. m.; EV. B. Small will be in the chair. Other speakers will be J. B. Leyland and Dr. Al- fred Thompson.