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001C956B A Wee z.y '.8 ews &a aei Ci rculati ngi n $ 1.00 per year. Newmltandl Gc per Copy the District of West Vancouver-Amblest'de, Hollyburn, Weston, Dundarave Cypress Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, Etc. Vol. I I I TEN PAGES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, J ULY 6th. 1928 No. 14 4Ve 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. She sentiments expressed are not necessarily those of the puhlishers of this paper, and we wish it to be clearly understood that no member of THE NElVS staff is responsible in any way for the expression of the views outlined. Conservatives Liberals Independents JACIi LOUTET CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE iVHYTECLIFF iVATER SYSTEhl TO HE CHANGED The new water system from Nelson Creek is to be put in op- eration shortly, and water ser- vice through the old mains to residents in D. L. 430 and 1493 IVhytecliff, will be discontinued after 31st July, 1928. Any de- siring water after that date are reque;ted to apply at the niunici- pal hall, Hollyburn, where ap- plication forms can be obtained. Failure to make such application will result in water supply being cut off. An advertiscyaent rela- tive to this appears in this is- sue. HON. DR. TOLhlIE TO SPEAK AT LONSDALE THEATRE Hon. Dr. S. F. Tolmie will speak at the Lonsdale Theatre next wednesday, July 11th, at 8 p. m. A musical programme has been arranged for the evening. AIarine Drive Contract to be Discussed The council is holding a special meeting next Monday, 9th July, to consider the question of the contracts for the hIarine Drive extension. A wire has been sent the public works department at Victoria, asking for an immedi- ate answer to the council's com- munications re these contracts, either approving or otherwise of the council's decision in the mat- ter. hIeanwhile the certified cheques of the Carter Hall Ald- ingev Co. and the Columbia Bit- ulithic Co. have been ordered re- turned to them on the recom- b mendation of George Hanes, who askecl that this be done in the case of higher tenderers who were not in'line. ENTERTAINED AT G I.EN EAG LES On hIonclay afternoon Mrs. R. P. Clark was hostess at tea at Gleneagles to the assembled 125 guests who represented the ag- encies throughout British Col- umbia a»cl members of the staffs of the R. P. Clark Co. in Vancou- ver, Victoria, Nelson and Seat- tle. Field sports weve held and golf was playecl by many of the guests, hIrs. Clark presenting the pl izes. Perusal of the campaign speeches of the leading support- ers of the Government up to date in the present Provincial elec- tion campaign reveals a reck- lessness that recalls a statement of Hon. hIacken2lie King that pre-election promises are not to be taken too seriously--that is- after they have served their pur- pose. Hon. Ian hIackenzie's speech in North Vancouver on June 9th was quoted in your "Liberal" column last week as follows- "In a short time we shall see property values doubling, trebl- ing, quadrupling. AVith 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." EVhere has this new policy been during the last several years of office holding by the present government? )Vas Mackenzie in the intoxi- cation of verbosity seeingthings? Is he to be taken seriously? The 3 cent tax on gasoline was to have been earmarked for the municipalities but instead we were stultified by the liquor pro- fits. Does Ian really expect the Oli- ver policy in the hIacLean tar- tan to cause "values to double, treble, quadruple,'r has the cabinet appointment gone to his head? Premier hIacLean went to Ot- tawa, as his predecessor had done, to induce a friendly gov- ernment to take over the P.G.E., but Thornton or King or Dunn- ing, being in office and bound by their acts. have not been induced to back up these vague pre-elec- tion promises by any similar an- nouncement. If Premier MacLean had any definite bargain or assurance from Ottawa regarding the P.G. E. would he not, on the eve of an election in which he makes it a chief political issue, quote his authority. In New westminster, in an ef- fort to gain a political advantage he statecl that Dr. Tolmie, as Minister of Agriculture, injured the Frasev Valley farmers by ad- mitting olemargarine into Can- ada. when as a matter of fact the Hon. T. A. Crearer approved of the order on recommendation of the hIilk Committee of the Foocl Control Board as a war measure only. Premier MacLean has not withdrawn that statement. Let us hope the P. G. E. story is more accurate than the marg- arine story. The Ikon. hIackcnzie King later, recognizing Dv. Tolmie's marked ability and success as Minister of Agriculture invited (C ~ntinued on Page 10) I have always been a firm be- liever in the two party system in political matters but every rule has its exception. KVhen party organization becomes ma- chine organization and when the rank and file of the adherents of a political party become dorm- ant a few individuals with per- sonal axes to grind soon take charge and organize a machine which when once in the saddle is difficult to unseat. This ap- pears to oe our position in the constituency of North Vancou- ver today. Both parties, Con- servatives and Liberals alike ap- -pear to have been asleep at the switch, with the result that a small organized body in each party has seized the reins of authority and all too late the ad- herents of both parties awake to find themselves invited to vote for candidates foisted on them by machines and it is safe to say that had either of the party can- didates faced an open convention of his party neither of them would have been chosen. Candi- dates chosen in open party con- vention are truly representative of their party and are respons- ible to their party, but candi- dates machined into party nom- ination by a machine are under the domination of the machine that secured their nomination. This tends to machine control of the house and is not in the best interest of our fair province. Many of our electors (mem- bers of both parties) disgusted with machine tactics and afraid of machine rule, have united in bringing into the field a gentle- man ivho has the courage to defy the machines of both parti- es and offer himself as the can- didate of the people of North Vancouver. Mr. A. C. hIacMillan is a resident of the North Shore. )Veil known in business circles, and able and fluent speaker and when elected will really repre- sent the electors of this import- ant constituency. THE HON. IAN ~IACKEAZIE (Provincial Secretary) LIBERAL CANDIDATE Council Notes J. C. Moon wrote the council that the owner of Lot 12, Block 2, D. L. 559, situated next to his property had erected a shack thereon, which was damaging his property. The matter was turned over to the bulding in- spector, who will enforce the by- law, if it has been disregarded. An invitation was received by the Reeve and council to attend the Elks'nnual Flag and Child- ren's day on August 8th in Hast- ings Park. A letter has been sent the chairman of the Flag Day committee that as many as possible of the coucil would at- tend. A petition was received by the council signed by R. H. Cripps and thirt) -t'ai o others asking that a street light be placed at the corner of 25th and Palmer- ston. The petition was placed on the light file. The school board requested the council to have the ditch on Jefferson Avenue cleared and overhauled with the object of preventing its over-running the playground of the Pauline John- son School. The municipal eng- ineer was requested to make a report on the matter. hIrs. C. hI. Ross asked that re- pairs be done to the road on Lot 1'2, Block 45, D. L. &30, in EVhyte- cliff. The municipal engineer was asked to report on the con- dition of the road. In connection with J. Bruce's application for access on Imper- ial Stre.t the municipal engineer recommended that the present road be openecl to a width of 6 feet for service as a trail, the same to cost $82.50. The ques- tion was referred back for fur- ther investigation and report. lV. Tinney's application for a permit to build a duplex house on Lot 10, Block 28, District Lot 558, was refused. The watchman's shelter on the Capilano bridge has been order- ed immediately removed by the council. This has now been done. REEVF. V. V. VINSON 1Vho Spoke on Liberal Platform Last wednesday(Continued on Puge 10) P r o b a b l y IVest Vancouver more than any other section of the North Vancouver Riding is vitally interested in the comple- tion and development of the Pa- cific Great Eastern Railway, and for this reason the Government's position in regard to that work should be very carefully inter- preted so as to prevent any pos- sibility of misunderstanding and so that the fogs of unfounded rumor being circulated in con- nection therewith may not be allowed to obscure the true is- sue. The Hon. J. D. hIacLean on be- half of his Cabinet, and the Hon. Ian hIackenzie, Provincial Secre- tary, candidate in this riding, have gone on record most un- equivocally, to the effect that the negotiations at present under way with the federal authorities, in respect to the sale of this Rail- way to the Canadian National, and which sale will carry with it a definite contract for the im- mediate completion and continu- ous operation of the line, have now reached such an advanced stage that any impetuous action would only be detrimental to their ultimate completion, and it is therefore in the best interests of not only the road itself, but of the satisfactory adjustments, as they affect the people of Brit- ish Columbia, that no precipitate action should be forced at this stage for purposes merely politi- cal, but rather that the very large and complicated details which have to be faced in this connection should be worked out very carefully. Nevertheless, the Premier has gone on record that if, by any unforeseen occur- rence, the negotiations at pres- ent in process should fail to ev- entuate within the immediate future, then he will, with the money voted at the last session, and now in the possession of the Government, for that purpose, forthwith start the completion of the line on behalf of the Prov- ince of British Columbia. IVhen ive consider the relative positions of the City of Vancou- ver, and of North Vancouver, only three miles distant, and compare the development on the South Shore of the inlet with that of the North it must be per- fectly obvious that any future expansion must be along the North shove of the inlet, and there is such a discrepancy at present, that we on the North Shore have a great margin to catch up before our true relative position is obtained. It is there- fore obvious that the long looked for day of the North Shove is now close at hand, and such a consumation can best be effected by working in complete harm- ony, not only with the local Gov- ernment at Victoria, but also with the Federal Government at