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001C9751 A Wee.z y '.4ewssaaei.- Ct'rcrtlati ag i I $ 1.00 per year. tltc Dtstrtct of West Vattcouver-Amb(esicle, Hollyburtt, Wcstott, Duwdarave CyPress Park, Caulfeiln, Whytecliff, Etc. New@stands iie per Qopp. Vol. IV EIGHT PAGES HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, 5IAY 17th $ 929 No. 7 School Board Meeting &Iiss IVenmoth, teacher at the liollyburn public school, has ap- plied for leave of absence tn permit her to sit for examina- tions. The ferry manager has been advised by the board of school trustees, that school children are riot to ride on the municipal bus at the Board's expense in going home to lunch. H. Forrest was the successful tenderer for electric wiring work at the manual training annex in connection ivith the popover line. The School Trustees have had n letter of thanks sent to i~Ir. J. I'orter for the assistance he gave I'rincipnl Brealey in the lecture delivered on Nay 8th to the seni- or grade pupils. School Sports Dny is i%lay 29th. J. R. Condon waited on the School Trustees at their meet- ing on the 9th instant in regard to the nnntinl inspection of ca- dets nnd annual school sports dny. The board decided that the annual school sports day be held on Friday, i~Iny 29th, and that the grant towards prizes, etc., be tite same as last year. Concert for Cadet Uniforms 5Ir. Condon also asked for per- mission to hold a concert in Ingle liood School the proceeds to be used for the purchase of cadet uniforms, This wns granted. SCHOOL DISPLAYS blnnunl Training, Domestic Sci- ence nnd Dress I'nrade The annual display of the work cf the manual training and do- mestic science students divas dis- cussed at the meeting of the School Trustees on Thursday of last week. It was decided that the combined display will be held iv the Inglewood School on June 21st, provided that the pupils i)ress parade is not arranged for this date, in which case the date of the combined display will be June 14th. The marine insurance $ 16,000 on ferry No. 5 and $ 14,500 on the Sonrisa was awarded to J. B. Leyland on the condition that he rebroke the Sonrisn insurance to Col. Savory. I(OAI(D OF TRADE iIEETING ON AIONDAY The regular meeting of the )Vest Vancouver Board of Trnde will he held in the Can- idinn Legion Rooms, ferry build- ing, next i~londny night, 20th in- stant, 'it 8 p. m. The meeting will be one of very specinl inter- t.st ns the committee who hnve been looking into the proposed nmendmcnts to the Zoning By- law will present their report. It is nLso intended to make further arrangements townrds the bonrd's campaign to obtain bet- i«r postal fncilities for the dis- tric t. It is hoped that every member will make n point of be- ing present. THE NE1VS IVII.I. BE ISSUE D ON TH U RS- DAY NEXT 1VEEli Next Friday is Empire Dny an~i n public holiday. 1Ience the News will be is- sued n dny earlier, i e., Thursday. Correspondents and ad- vertisers will kindly remem- ber that copy must be in our hands by wednesday noon to ensure publication in next week's issue. ELLIS-COTTON CO. SUBIIIT$ REVISED I'RICES FOR &IARINE DRIVE TENDER Ellis-Cotton Ltd. submitted to the council at their special meet- ing on wednesday night the fol- loiving revised prices to apply on their tender of 1st AIny, for the 31arine Drive extension from the Capilnno to West Bay. Iroii Culverts--36 in. diameter &~10.80 per lin. foot; 30 in. diam- eter, $7.20 per lin. foot; 24 in. diameter, $6.00 per lin, foot; 18 in. diameter, $4.60 per lin foot; 12 in. diameter, $3.00 per lin. foot. Concrete C'ulverts, $ 17.00 per cubic yard. Culvert Excavation, $2.00 per cubic yard. Culvert Backfill, $3.00 per cubic yard. They stated that as requested they were sending a copy of the letter to the provincial govem- ment. They also said that these revised prices ivere based on the mutual arrangements made be- tiveen the representatives of the municipality and the deputy min- i~ter with the understanding that the changes would be embodied in the specifications before the contract was signed. The letter was ordered filed. GARDEN PARTY DANCE AT THE RED MILL TOAIORROiV NIGHT Everything is ready for the garden party dnnce to be given tomorrow night (Saturday) und- er the auspices of the Canadian Legion, IVest Vancouver, in the iiew roof garden which C. H. Lewis has just hnd completed «t the Red illill, IVest Bny. The entire proceeds will go to the building fund of the branch, » hich is erecting n meeting house at 18th nnd Duchess. The beautiful grounds of the Red Mill will be lighted with strings of electric lights on this opening night of the roof garden for the benefit of those attending the dance. A large number of Van- couver residents have signified their intention of being present, nnd n large crowd will without dnubt be on hand for the occo- sion. Dancing starts at 8 p. m. promptly. Tickets 50 cents, which do not include refresh- inenLs, can be obtnined from nny memiier of the Legion, or can be purchased at the Red i~lill tomor- row night. The council received an invita- tion to attend the Spring Flower nnd Tulip Shosv to be held at the Hudson's Bny Co.'s store in the rity today and Saturday. As many ns possible ivill attend. Council Notes An invitation was received from the Greater Vancouver Bet- ter Lacrosse Association to at- tend the All Canadian Sports Day at Brockton Point on 24th 3)ay. As many of the council as possible ivill attend. L. Poisson asked permission to utilize the extension of 30th Street from Bellevue to the )Vat- erfront with the object of turn- ing same into an ornamental garden and erecting thereon a garage, this bulding to be sub- ject to removal on reasonable notice and under a nominal lease. The council regretted having to refuse permission for this. A. G. Harvey wrote asking that 3Ir. Lewis be forbidden to operate the roof garden he was building at the Red Mill at IVest Bay as he stated it would be a nuisance to adjacent property- owners, of whom he was one. The matter was laid over to the regular meeting next iiiIonday. Bayfield and Harvey, Vancou- ver barristers, wrote on behalf of H. Smith, demanding payment for damages sustained by his xvife in April whegi it, is alleged she fell through a trap or hidden danger in the sidewalk at the corner of 15th and Esquimalt. They wished to hear at once as to ivhether the council were pre- pared to make compensation or repudiate liability, as their in- structions were to issue a writ at once. The matter was refer- red to the solicitor and the eng- ineer was instructed to furnish a report on the construction and condition of the sidewalk in ques- tion for the regular meeting next i~Ionday night. Chas. Cartwright asked to be advised as to the rules governing the erection of advertising boards, as he had a chance to lease his property for that pur- pose. The engineer was instruc- ted to furnish a report on the matter. A resolution divas passed a- greeing to the offer of Ellis-Cot- ton Ltd. to accept $3,775 in ad- dition to the amount of the eng- ineer's final estimate No. 9, for $ 16,661.88 in full settlement of nll claims under contract No. 46n subject 'to the departnient of public works agreeing to pay one half of the amount. Councillor Fiddes dissented to the resolu- t ioll. The IVestein Association for the Blind and the ionian's Aux iliary of the North Vancouver General Hospital were given per- mission to tag in )Vest Vancou- ver, but not on the ferry boats, the first on 6th July nnd the second organization on June 1s.. POLLOGH I'OGUE TO BE I'OREST OFFICER The Chief Forester in Victoria advised the council that Pollogh Pogue had beeii re-appointed for- est officer on Hollyburn Ridge, his appointment dating from 15th instant. The Lesson of the Bridges Two years ago a ~e~ strong effort ~as made to haie a bridge constructed across the First Harrows. The bridge was very necessary even then to the welfare arid growth of West Vancouver, and the necessity for it is increasing day by day. But the real estate owners of Point Grey defeated it and still oppose it for entirely selfish motives, and West Van- couver is paying the price. Point Grey needs the Burrard bridge, and has conducted a steady campaign for it for several years, in its anxiety even knocking the Lions'ate bridge, although the two struc- tures had nothing whatever to do with each other. Last wednesday their bridge, for which they had striven so long, was defeated by the east part of Vancouver, which was a unit in its opposition to paying for what benefitted the other fellow. Vancouver will never become a really great city so long as this dog-in-the-manger spirit persists. IVe may say that Point Grey by reason of its own selfish attitude towards our bridge, has only got what it deserved. 'that, however, does not do away with the fact that no city can become great so long as the various sections comprising it are hostile and jealous of one another's advancement. The mills of the gods have been at ivork again grinding out the old lesson that one cannot take everything and give nothing. The dog-in-the-manger spirit has recoiled on its authors. Greater Vancouver is NOW big enough to have s Burrard Street bridge and a bridge over the First Narrows, and the sooner this is realized the better for Vancouver as a whole. Tidiness (London Daily 3Iail, February 22nd, 1929.) No one will contend that the scatterers of rubbish in public places have not had a fair chance to mend their ways volun- tarily. Appeal after appeal has been made to them by the Press and by societies constituted for the purpose. His Maj- esty the King has himself reasoned with them. And in spite of all the parks gro~v more untidy every day. EVhere persuasion fails there is no alternative but corn- pulsion. The Office of EVorks has determined to act vigor- ously in the parks under its control. Request is to give place to command, and offen&lers will henceforth-be brought to book in the police courts--where ive hope that magistrates ivill support the efforts of executive authority. To anyone ivho remembers the days when our cities were the tidiest in the world their condition today is a matter for regret. To those who have seen hoiv foreign cities have come to surpass ours in this respect it brings a sense of national humiliation. But what other countries have done we can do. British ideas will not alloiv us to adopt the methods of Rome, where the Fascist police can fine offenders on the spot. Bu', the powers already possessed by our police in the streets and by public authorities ivhere their by-laivs run are fully adequate to compel decent behaviour if they are used. They should be used now without compunction. Public patience is exhausted; the people who still resist the appeal to their better nature are clearly beyond argument and must be taught manners by more drastic means. Local Air Club I'rogresses Dudley Roberts who has been taking his ground course at the North Shore branch of the Van- couver Airways Ltd. made his first instructional flight at the Lulu Island Airport recently. The machin- wns one of the De Haviland "moths" two of ivhich are now being used for training purposes by the Aero Club of B. "Dudley" is taking up flying as a profession nnd expects to obtain his commercial pilot's lic- ense before the summer moiiths have ndvane d much farther. ilir. Harry Fnrr of the Vancouver AirNnys Ltd. who schooled Dud- l«y, through his ground course, macle the arrangements ivith the Aero Club of B. C. for the train- ing he is noiv undergoing. The class of the North Shore Junior Aero Club»as consider ably increased recently with the enrollment of the following boys--Ted Elfstrom, Tom Tim- brell, Paul ~iattheivs and Arthur Edwards. The club noiv has a welcome addition to its equipment in the form of an airplane ivhich is be- ing constructed in the club quar- ters. The plane was loaned to the Club by the Vancouver Air- ways Ltd. and is very helpful to the boys in shoiving the actual construction details of a modern airplane. These planes are the forerunners of the small air- planes of today and are known as "the world's first small plane." This is the first one to be brought i»to Canada. The Vancouver Airways expect to build a large number of these planes during the present year. A reader sends us the following editorial taken from the ~ London Daily 5Iail of February 22nd, with the suggestion that the appeal for tidiness applies equally to )Vest Vancouver as to the cities of England. Possibly we do not suffer here as much from untidiness as do some of the older and larger cities, but conditions can be improved, and maybe this remind- er will drive home to some the virtue of tidiness as an example of civic pride.