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001C95D0 A Wee z.y '.8'ews sa oei- Ne~sltands 6c per Copy$ 1.00 per year. Circular gzgiu rlie District Of H~est Vancouver-Amblesia'e, Hollyburn, Weston, Duridarave Cypress Park, Caulfeild, Whytecliff, Etc. o]. [~l ElGHT PAGEOS HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1928 No. 23 West Vancouver's 12th Annual Exhibition Held Tomorrow Tomorrow at 2 o'lock the twelfth annual exhibition put on by the )Vest Vancouver Horticultural Association will he opened to the public. The official opening will be at 3 p. m. by Captain Ian illackenzie, 5I.P.P. At a well attended meeting of the directors final arrange- ments were made for the opening. THE SECRETARY )VILL BE AT THE HALL TONIGHT TO RECEIVE ENTRIES. The object of this association is to promote agriculture and horticulture in all its branches and the beautifying of the municipality of )Vest Vancouver. The activity of its members has been a powerful influence for good in the dis- trict. Everyone in the district should be ready and willing to co-operate with them in encouraging beautiful homes and well kept gardens, and, if for no other purpose than that of encouragement YOU should make a point of attending the exhibtion tomorrow. If what you see then pleases you, take out a membership card at a cost of $ 1.00. It will be a dollar well invested. Few people, even residents of EVest Vancouver, realise what ~vonderful fruit, flowers and vegetables can be produced in the municipality. Some of our garden products have taken blue ribbons in the Vancouver shows against all comers, hence, when you attend the exhibition tomorrow, you will not be disappointed in anticipating seeing "big" things. The officers of the association have made strenuous efforts to make this exhibition the best that has yet been held. The prizes are many and varied and the support and assistance which has been given by the business men of the district has been greatly appreciated by the members generally. It remains for the general public to make the exhibition a suc- cess by attending in large numbers. IVest l ancouver CAN grow. 1f you have vision and dis- trict pride you will take in the exhibition at Dundarave Hall tomorrow and you will take in with you every friend you possibly can. The president, i~Irs. Adair, and the secretary, Mrs. Ford, as well as any or all of the officers, will be glad to give you any information regarding the objects and work of the as- soc ia tion. Musical Society Opens Season's Work General Meeting Next Monday A general meeting of the former members of the AVest Vancouver Choral Society and all interested in choral music has been called for next Monday night, the 10th inst., in Dundarave Hall at 8 o'lock. A letter has gone from the executive to each former mem- ber telling fully the plans made for the coming season and explaining just what works will be planned for this season. The meeting next Monday is for the purpose of discussing the constitution and for the enrolment of members. The season's choral work, however, will start the following week, i.e., on Monday the 17th inst., when the first rehearsal will be held at Dundarave Hall. Already there is every indication that the membership will be considerably augmented. Owing to the fact that only a limited number of the pieces to be rehearsed have been ordered from England, it is important that early application be made for membership for season 1928-29. After a very careful study by the Musical Committee two very charming works have been selected which it is felt sure will appeal to the chorus, and will meet with the appreciation of the public at the two concerts planned for the season. "A Tale of Old Japan" by Coleridge Taylor is a very pleas- ing and dainty number, and will be introduced to music lovers of IVest Vaiicouver for the first time, and it is expected that this will be rendered to the accompaniment of a first class orchestra. Verdi's "Stabat Mater" is a work of undoubted merit and it will be a pleasure to all to hear this rendered at the first concert of the season which will be presented during December. Having attained a very enviable position in the musical world of our province, it has been found necessary to make rules governing membership of the Choral Society more rigid than heretofore, which each member will be expected to recognize in order to retain their position in the Society, and it has been thought advisable to have the rules in an abridged form attached to all membership cards, to avoid any mis- understanding. The fee for the entire season ivill be $2.00 per member, additional members from one family will be $ 1.00 each. Ap- plication for membership can be made at any time before September 17th, upon presentation of the entrance fee, to any member of the Executive, who will bi ing the application before the Committee to be dealt ivith. REEVE AND AIRS. VINSON I.EFT YESTERDAY ON AUTO TRII'eeve Vinson left yesterday on an «uto trip., his ultimate destination being Trail, B. C., where the convention of the Union of B. C. hlunicipalities will be held starting September 11th. The Reeve, who is accompanied by &Irs. Vinson, will go over the new Cariboo Highway and will make the trip one of pleasure as well as business. He left with all the implements necessary for making it a pleasurable holiday. Council Notes lV. B. 6'oods wrote asking that a no parking sign be placed on the bridge at the Crescent at Sandy Cove, and drawing at- tention to the dangerous corner at Sandy Cove and Marine Drive. He was advised that a guard rail will be placed at the corner in question, also a stop sign at the Crescent where it opens on blarine Drive. The building inspector report- ed on a house at AVhytecliff which had not sufficient floor area in accordance with the by- lh~ ~Au v rriir& hau ueeli ilinskl- ed and occupied without any permit being taken out. The matter was referred to the mu- nicipal solicitor. - Mrs. E. Barker wrote draw- ing attention:o tl.e particularly bad condition of 30th Street. The engineer was instructed to look into the matter. The engineer was instructed to erect signs on the beach pro- hibiting the taking of gravel. Thomas Dauphinee called the council's attention to the ver serious condition as regards drainage between 28th and 29th Streets, and K. B. Foyster ask- ed to make a small fill on half the width of the boulevard op- posite his house on 29th Street. Both matters were referred to the engineer. BUS INSURANCE SECURED BY GEORGE HAY The tender of George Hay, representing the Canadian In- demnity Company, for bus pub- lic liability insurance for the un- expired portion of the old pol- icy (since cancelled) for $ 1,000 was accepted. Two other ten- ders for one year each were re- ceived from R. P. Clark E: Co. for $2,088.75 and G. C. Byrn- nell for $2,000. H. A. EAGER PURCHASES OI.D iAIUNICIPAL HALL FURNACE The following tenders for the purchase of the old municipal hall furnace were opened at the special council meeting on AVed- nesday night: R. McVean ......$32.60 H. I. Vince................$40.00 or $46 with registers. H. A. Eager................$42.50 The tender of FI. A. Eager was accepted. A Public indignation Meeting Should be Called to Demand Better Postal Facilities )Vest Vancouver has been growing tremendously the last few years and generally speaking the improvements consider- ed necessary to a modern up-to-date residential sector hav been met with one startling exception, and that is an adequate mail service. The greater part of the population of the district centres around Hollyburn Post Office, and the service accorded them there both as. regards the actual mail service and the building itself is a disgrace They belong rather to a back woods settlement than to an up-to-date residential sector contiguous to the third city in Canada. The postal authorities have been approached sev- eral times and they tell us that, when the sale of stamps reach- es a certain figure, then and then only can we have a house to house delivery. And then they proceed to have the post office where most of our business must be transacted run on hours which preclude the greater part of the male population and those of their women folk engaged in the city from buy- ing stamps. The great majority of our population earn their living in Vancouver, leaving their homes around 8 o'lock in the morning and returning about 6 o'lock in the evening. Hollyburn Post Office opens at 8 a. m. and closes on the dot at 6 p. m. On Thursday afternoons it closes at 1 p.m. How with such hours the male residents of the district can be expected to buy stamps locally does not appear to have been considered. As a matter of fact they are naturally forced to buy their stamps in the city, and the Vancouver Post Office gets the credit for the sale of those stamps which under norm- al conditions would be sold in %Vest Vancouver. Up to a few months ago there were only two mails a day at iioiip4t rri, vne iiivrara ana one outward, but as tne result ot protests made to the postal authorities in Ottawa these were increased to two inward and two outward per diem. Un- fortunately the times of arrival and despatch are such as to cause grave inconvenience to local business firms. The first inward mail arrives at 9.12 a. m. which means that it ispretty'early10 o'lock in the morning before the local business man can get his mail, and the latest time up to which he can des- patch mail is 2.45 p. m. Alorning mail is received for despatch up to 8.30 a.m., again an impossible time, while the only afternoon mail comes in at 1.52 p.m. which results in letters being ready for de- livery only about 2.30, when a considerable part of the after- noon is gone. Consequently our present mail service is useless not only to the majority of our residents.who work in the city, but it is causing at the same time great inconvenience to local business. It is retarding the growth of the district. The second side of the question is the utter inadequacy for the transaction of postal business of the so-called Holly- burn Post Office. There are many small towns in the interior with far better offices, in fact, for a place of the size of )Vest Vancouver it is an anachronism as the main post office of the district. It looks like an architectural afterthought wedgerl between two buildings, and as such it is a disgrace to the dis- trict. It is jammed with a double line-up every day every time mail is distributed and on holidays, such as Christmas Day, the line extends for fifty measured feet along the sidewalk regardless of the weather. So far as box owners are con- cemed, they have almost to use a shoe horn to get to their boxes when mail is being distributed. Lulu Island, we understand, has two rural deliveries daily, and Lulu Island is very sparsely populated in comparison with IVest Vancouver. Indeed it is fairly safe to say that no other place with a population of 8000 such as )Vest Vancouver has must put up with such ridiculous postal conditions. It is time some action was taken to bring this matter a little more strongly to the notice of the postmaster general with a demand that a change in local postal matters be made to bring this service in line with the growth and importance of our district. )Vest Vancouver has been very tolerant of the way in which she has been treated by the postal authorities, but the time has come when, if we want our district to go fonvard, we cannot affoixi to sit down and allow the present intolerable conditions to longer obtain. 9'e want a proper post office building open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. every day. IVe want mails delivered and despatched at times that will be con- venient to the ordinary business man, and we want a house to house delivery, at any rate along Marine Drive, most of all. And. since our needs are well known to the authorities, and our carefully worded protests have so far met with such an indif- ferent response, an indignation meeting of our residents would appear to be necessary in order that Ottawa may realise that we simply will not put up with such inadequate postal facilities any longer. IVe call upon the Bomd of Trade or some other organisation to arrange for such a meeting and get some «ction on an improved postal service.