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001C956B July 6, 1928. THE SVEST VAN NEAVS POLITICAL CANDIDATES HOLD MEETINGS IN WEST VAN CONSERVATIVES OPEN THEIR CAiIPAIGN LIHFRAL CANDIDATE AVELI RECEIVED AT BIG IIEETING IN lVEST VAN. Clinton and deflected from the North Shore altogether. Dr. Tolmie's policy, if elected to power, was to complete the pres- ent negotiations, if it was good business to do so, and if not, to finish the building of the line. The Liberal government had al- lowed the line to drift, thinking it "a white elephant." Its physic- al condition was good--he had personally gone over it in a speeder--but it was a colonisa- tion line and could only be made to pay by charging cheap rates and looking to the volume of traffic caused by the develop- ment of adjacent areas and the influx of settlers to make divid- ends. At present for instance, sawmills had been shut down on the line for lack of service. "If elected,I do not promise I will quit," he said in conclusion, "if the P.G.E. is not completed within a reasonable time. I simply wont quit until it is com- pleted." Dr. Thompson reminded his hearers that today democracy was on trial. hIany former countries in Europe, formerly democratic, had thrown democ- racy overboard. It therefore be- hooved the British people to guard their form of government carefully. The average life of a government in England was three and a half years, and it was good not to keep a government in too long, because like people they became old and moribund. Ten years was too long and the present Liberal government was a dying government. Its diffi- culty in securing candidates i'ancouverwas a proof of this. The 83,000 voters who voted Provincial last election would control this election, and they would vote Conservative. The nominal debt taken from the Liberal Star„which should be authoritative, was given as $21,500,000 in 1917 and $85~86,- 000,000 in 1927, an increase of $64,000,000 with no commensur- ate increase in population. Quot- ing from the figures given by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics the cost of government in B. C. was $33 per head, which was twice that of Ontario, and high- er than that of any province in Canada. He was opposed to succession duties because they kept men of means from settling in the prov- ince, and also to the iniquitous cost plus system in contracts. The only business way was to call for open tenders, and open those tenders in the presence of the tenderers. The Conservatives would, if elected, run the province on busi- ness principles and complete the I'. G. E. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The first gun in the Conserva- tive campaign in AVest Vancou- &-er was fired last night, whe» Dr. Alfred Thompson, Jack Lout- et, and J. B. Leyland addressed a well attended meeting in Am- f bleside Hall. lV. B. Small. presi- dent of the local Conservative Association, was in the chair, and introduced the speakers to the meeting. J. B. Leyland, the first speak- er, stated that the financial rec- ord of a government was the rock nn which it either stood or was wrecked. The record of the pres- ent Liberal government in this respect was in his opinion some- what doubtful, as instanced by the fact that no member elected in 1924 in Greater Vancouver had dared stand for re-election there. While he admitted that the province had prospered ur.d- er the Liberal regime, he did not see where the taxpayers had got value for the money spent. "The Liberals had been very extrava- gant,'e said, and he gave in- stances of this extravagance from certain expenditures made bv the departments of Agricul- ture and Public Works. Jack Loutet, the Conservative candidate, stated that, while probably a stranger to many of his audience, he knew West Van- couver very well indeed. He had been in the habit 20 years ago of coming to AVest Vancouver on a pony when there was only a trail from North Vancouver, and he had sold the first waterfront- age in the district. His name was one of those which appeared on the bill of incorporation of AVest Vancouver when it went through the legislature in Vic- toria, and he had kept in close touch with its progress ever since. He wished to speak particu- larly on the P. G. E. which had, he said, been misrepresented on every Liberal platform and pap- er in the province. The Liber- al policy was to sell it. They said they had it practically sold, were the only people who could sell it, and,if they did not sell they would build it. They refus- ed to give the Conservatives any information as to how far nego- tiations to sell had gone and tbe conditions of such a sale, but they asked them to endorse the sale just the same. The Conser- vatives had naturally refused, as they did not believe in going into deals blindfolded. They had re- fused to endorse the $4,000,000 loan last fall to the P.G.E. be- cause the agreement was blank as to conditions, and thus the line could have been brought to The Hon. Ian Mackenzie, Prov- incial Secretary and Liberal can- didate for the North Shore ad- dressed a well attended meeting in Ambleside Hal] last AVednes- day which was presided over by hIr. Geo. Hay. Colonel R. G. Davis, D.S.O., Howard S. Coulter and AV. Mitch- ell were also on the platform. Colonel Davis who spoke first said that he had for years been a Conservative but that his ex- perience with the Government in his capacity as head of the Land Settlement Board, and the per- sonality and ability of Premier hIacLean and hIr. Mackenzie had caused him to give them his strong support in this election. Colonel Davis gave some inter- esting information as to the at- titude of the Liberal Government in respect to the Land Settle- ment scheme and eulogised the ihIacLean Government for its pol- icy of development and expan- sion. Mr. hTackenzie was greeted with great applause on rising to address the audience. He gave a splendid review ~f the achieve- ments of the Liberal Government and said that the Conservative party had only one argument in this election and that was "it was time for a change." They had no constructive policy and they had no great criticism of the Liberal Government or the measures brought down by them but they were trying to gain votes by claiming that "it was time for a change." Mr. Mac- kenzie said that a government was run on much the same lines as any ordinary business and asked if the managers of any successful business would be changed merely because they had managed it successfully for a number of years. Regarding the P.G.E., Mr. hIac- kenzie said that as the mantle of Conservative leadership had evidently fallen on the shoulders of the Hon. H. H. Stevens who seemed to have replaced Dr. Tol- rnie in championing the cause of the Conservatives, it would be interesting to the people to know that hIr. Stevens some years ago applied to the Provincial Govern- ment for a charter for building a railway from Stewart, B. C., to the Peace River and naturally he would attack the policy of the Liberals regarding the P. G. E. when he has an eye on the rail- way business himself. hIr. hTackenzie spoke of the growth of the industrial payroll of B. C. during the last 10 years saying that it had increased more than 125 per cent. since 1927 and that there were no in- dustrial disputes to mar the prosperous state of the province. He also referred to the high price obtained for the Government of B. C.'s bonds saying that a high- er price was obtained for these than was the case in any other province of Canada. Did this, he asked, look as though the Liber- als had given good governmeiit or not? The clean, business like and progressive policy of the Mac- Lean government would. he said meet with the approval of the electors, and on July 18th the Liberals would be returned with an increased majority. hIr. H. T. Coulter also address- ed the meeting. He was follow- ed by Reeve V. V. Vinson who told the audience that though he had been a Conservative for a great many years he would this time vote Liberal because he felt that the Liberal Government would do most for the develop- ment and progress of West Van- couver and the whole of the North Shore. He pointeiI out that, though he was a Conserva- BLUE DRAGON INN, KVHYTECLIFF TUESDAY, JULY 10th, at 8 p.m. SPEAKERS: J. Loutet, R. McDonald, K. Collins 'fea will be served in the main dining room. p -,I I,Lggl ii ~ i ssi i i Re ~ ii ~ i&assi i J&&a&,„J BRITISH COLUM BIA'S NEXT PREMIER At the Lonsdale Theatre, NDRTH YANcoUYER W'-')'II '-S)A.t', .~U. ( 11t&, 8 p.m. hl USIC SUPPO: 4 J.'.'OLM:E VC 9 ral Government had DA UGHTER HORN Tp years he had acted ilIR. AND AIRS. A. lV. LUNN tive, the Libe never in the as Reeve refused any reasonable request he had made for assist- ance in local projects. When tak- ing office as Reeve he had sworn to do his best to promote the welfare and the interests of the municipality and he believed he was following out that purpose in supporting the Liberal candi- date at this time. ~Ir. Vinson was accorded a splendid ovation. During the evening Aubrey Clarke, accompanied by hIrs. Durbin rendered several excel- lent solos to the evident appreci- ation of the audience. hIr. and Mrs. A. W. Lunn of the West Van. Restaurant are being congratulated on the birth of a daughter. The young lady arrived at 6 o'lock this morn- ing at the Vancouver General Hospital. ~Irs. Lunn and the Babe are getting along nicely and Daddy is wearing the big smile. The Board of School Trustees TEiis DERS FOR COAL Tenders will be recei;ed by the und- ersigned for the supply of 160 tons of Wellington double-screened coal to ~Vest Vancouver Schools as follows: Pauline Johnson School . 30 tons Hoilyburn School ........... 30 tons Inglewood School .... 30 tons Dundarave School...... 10 tons The above for delivery during the months of July and August. 1928, and a further fifty tons for delivery be- tween the months of January and hfarch, 19&, as required. The lowest or any tender not nec- c ssarily accepted. Tenders to be in by N ednesday, July 11th. 1928, marked "Coal Tend-er." R. hI. hIacdonald wrote the council asking that a by-law be passed exempting from taxation the one lot on which St. Francis Church, Caulfeild, is built. He stated that the lot with the church on it could not be used for any other purpose and that it had been given by h!r. Caul- feild voluntarily for a church. The matter was referred to the municipal solicitor for his legal opinion. H. B. GARLAND, Secretary, Board of School Trustees. CLASSIFIED ADS S25 3IONTHLY -- Leaving tora, rillrent my modern home to permanenttenant. Furnace. Good garden, Gar- age. Chicken Coop. Phone West 442R. FOR SALE--Outboard motor, guar-anteed. Phone AVest 425R or apply"Motor,'Io West Van. News. TO RENT -- Furnished Cottage at KVest Bay. West 698L. "U BLIC SCHOOL SUBJECTS Experienced teacher will coach pup-ils in any public school subjects dur- ing holidays. Phone West 311X1. KILN DRIED IVOOD--Double load $4.00. Hobb Coal ift Transfer. West 177. KILN DRI ED %OOD--Double load $4.00. Hobb Coal & Transfer. West 177. TIIOlf Electric IVashing hlachine for sale at a real snap price. Machine as good as new. Phone West 316. FOR SALE -- Trelre Hens, Dorcas strain, $1.00 each. Also pure bred rooster. IVest 652R. DUNiDARAVE for sale or lease, com- fortable and artistic four room bungalow with furniture. Two large lots. Garden. Beautiful loca- tion. A snap. West 47Y. HOUSE FOR SA LE--Ner, Modern,four-room house with attic, mthin five minutes walk of ferry. Goodlocality, splend:d view. Apply toOwner, P.O. Box 305, Hollgburn, orphone West 484. HohIE I'OR I1100. -- Three Rooms Plastered, water. light, large view lot. Ful ton Avenue, Ambleside. Very easy terms. Phone West 331L. NEWhfAN Jr. ROBBINS -- Builders and Contractors--Painting, paper- hanging and kalsomining, chimneys built. 28th and Marine. Phone West 74R1. 3IE i'S AND CHILDREN'S SHOESat Tites--New address: Messenger Block. opposite Ambleside Lumber Company. DUiiIDARAVE HALL and its equip-ment for rent on a favorable lease. Living quarters. Apply K A. Ray,21st and Argyle. Phone %'est 30I ART 31ONUM~T CO., LTD. Speci- alising in Capilano View Gemetery Tablets. 602 Kingsway. Fair. 1248. HEMSTITCHING--Plain.. white 5c yard; silk and colored 10c yard. Pearce's Drygoods, 14th Street and Marine. Phone West 144. AV. JENVEY, Builder, Cabinet Work of all kinds. Phone West 346L. ELECTRIC WIRING--Ranges, Wash- ers, radio, fixtures. Call us for pric- es. North Shore Electric--Radio, G. A. Broder, Prop. FOR SALE S. E. Corner of 30th and 3Iathers Are., Lott 66, D. L 556. This comprises 1.37 acres overlooking the Straits of Georgia, situated in residential area, only one block from Marine Drive. $ 1,000 Cash. J. B. Leyland IVest 63Rl R. P. Clarke gr, Co. (Vancouver) Ltd. BUILDING LOTS--We hare a choice of very desirable building lots in all districts at very reasonable prices on easy terms, and we can financially assist you in building a home. CHANCE FOR HANDY MAN--Six lots with fruit trees, and partly con- structed large family home oneleva- tion providing delightful view, $ 1750 on terms. KIEV DRIED IVOOD--Double load $4.00. Hobb Coal 4 Transfer. West 17.ALTA hIONT--Fully hlodern Bunga- low in charming location, full plumbing, fire place and furnace for the winter, $3500 on terms. CHEVROLET TOURING FOR SALE --New tires, excellent condition $475. Terms. H. C. Osborne, West 628Y.Do you value your Furniture and Per- sonal effectsv In case of fire what would this mean to youv We shall be pleased to quote you lowest standart rates. . P. C. Co. SERVING WANTED -- Ladies'nd Children's work. Mrs. Bloxham, Phone West 226. IVILL ACCEPT IVest Van. Property in exchange for modern house, with large garden, near Magee Station, two blocks from new public and high schools. Phone West 698Rl or West 340. R. P. Clarke 4 Co. (Vancouver) Ltd. 823 Hastings St. lV. Sey. 7483, 7484 Local Representative C. J. ARCHER, West 225. lV EBB'S SHOE REPAI RS % EA R BEST--Dundarave. FOI4 SALE--Nice Cottage on Fine large lot. Garden. Fine sea view, $ 1,000. F I V E-ROOhl BUN GA LOIV on 200 feet frontage. Lovely garden, sea view. Garage. $2750. iVEST VANCOUVER INVEST- hl ENT COY. IVest 102. WIN DOW BLIN DS--blade to order and installed. Estimates free. Pearce's Drygoods, 14th Street and Marine. Phone West 144. FOUNDATION. CE3IENT qVORK, Landscaping. Lawns made, Grading and Clearing. T. Barnott, Resid- ence Phone %est 672R. AMBLESIDE HALL Applications for reservations of the Ambleside Hall for the present may be made to the agents for the build- ing. FURNISHED AND UNFURNISHED HOUSES AND CAMPS FOR RENT GEO. HAY Notary Public 1405 Marine Drive. West 21 City Office: 316 Cordova Street West Seymour 1260. GEO. HAY Notary Public 1405 31arine Drive Phone West 21