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"Mayhem," I discovered by the dictionary, is an old legal word meaning the act of maiming, so the police in Hemstead will doubtless walk round a city block in future to avoid arresting any more par- rots that may be loose on the streets with t.heir masters. GUY DESMOND wishes to announce A Sale of a Hundred Afternoon and Evening Sample Ladies'resses Included are 30 Marflaret T. Dresses Prices from 55.95 to $ 19.50 These dresses nrc less than mnnufncturen'ost. Latest styles and materials DESMOND DRESSES 301 Empire SMS., Cor. Seymour 6 Hastings St. Vancouver Phone: Trinity 4426 SALE STARTS FRIDAY at 9 a.m. NEIV WATER TUNNEL OFFICLALLY INSPECTED Through the cement-steel-lin- ed bore vrhich by next June will carry millions of gallons of Cap- ilano vrater to quench Vancou- ver's thirst and keep green her beautiful gardens, an oificial in- npection party from Greater Vancouver IVater District cross- ed the First Narroivs Thursday afternoon. Their way lsy through bedrock 400 feet be- neath the bottom of the ship channel. Work on the lining of the 3200 foot tunnel is about three- quarters completed, it was re- vevaled. and similar operations on the 400-foot shaft in Stanley Park are progressing well. On the North Shore the shaft lining has not been started yet. This will be the finishing part of the job. It is expected water will be turned on through the tunnel next June. During the visit of the board, one of the pipe lengths was low- ered and the members had an opportunity to see how it was put in place. The pipe, which is made of steel and concrete, with an outside steel wrapping, weighed nearly twelve totnv. It was lowered into the tunnel, and by manoeuvring of two cables placed in a horizontal position. It is then placed on a cantilever engine, heavily weighted with iron bars and canied on a nar- row gauge railway. The pipe is held in position by tbe engine until foundation blocks are laid, and it is then welded. The pipes are seven feet in diameter and about eighteen feet long. Members of the party were lowered into the tunnel in the nvtditional "bucket." This is an iron affair about four feet in diameter and about the same in height. Outfitted with hip- length rubber boots, slickers and sou-westers, the party was taken down,five and six in a bucket. When the job is completed. the board will have available transportation for 200,000,000 gallons of water per day through a tunnel as finn as though it had been hewn from granite. All oi the space between the outside of the pipe snd the inside wall of the excavation will be Sled solid with cement, which is blown into the cavqties by com- pressed air. The more minute spaces are reached by "grouting"--a pro- cess which consists of blowing in an extra fine mixture of cem- ent and fine sand. The party was conducted by E. A. Cleveland, chief Water Board commissioner; William Powell, IVater Board engineer, and Fred C. Stewart, resident engineer for Northern Construc- tion Co., contractors for the tun- neL CORRESPONDENCF. The Editor, The West Van News. Sir,--'Tools rush in where Angels fear to tread;" but in order to make a contribution to the common weal, it is sonie- tiiues worth taking the risk of coming under the category of the iirst-named in the above quotation. A couple of weeks ago fiIr. George Hay made a very excei- lent suggestion in your valuable paper, when he set forth very clearly his reasons why it was to the best interests of the Muni- cipality that the Reeve and Council should be accorded an acclamation at the forthcoming elections. Our elected representatives in the Municipality have given their very best services during the psst year, and have served the People well and faithfully, under most trying conditions; they may have made mistakes, and who has not?--but if they have they have been few and of minor importance. An election costs the Munici- yality and the candidates money, which could be saved for a much more useful purpose. If any elector has any idea of seeking ofFice in opposition to any of the present incumbents, I venture to say that this would be merely to satisfy his or her personal vanity, and not for a desire to serve. The great maj- ority of the people of West Van- couver are fully satisfied with the work done for them by the Reeve and Council, and also the School Board and Police Com- mission, and would welcome an opportunity to demonstrate this confidence by an acclamation to the present incumbents whose terms have expired. Trushng that Mr. Hay's orig- inal suggestion will be enthusi- astically endorsed, I am, etc. , A. M. LESTER. Andre Maurois'ecent state- ment that "half the civilized world is turning away from democracy"should be read at the beginning of every political con- vention, for none of the politici- ans seem to realize this truth in the smallest degree. They all seem to be carrying on in the same old way regardless of the fact that the voters, by their re. fusal in steadily increasing num- bers to turn out to the polls, have clSarly shown their disgust at modern democratic govern- ment as now conducted. The manufacturing world is not the only one put on the rocks by too much machinery. Things politi- cal have changed, but not the voter, who, wanting as much as ever to have a say in the selec- tion of a party candidate, ob- jects to being turned into a kind of robot man worked by a cot- erie of local political machinists. And, speaking by the way, some of these latter gentlemen know far more about railroading than the technical heads uf the C.P.R. anil the C.N.R. combined. Paul Whiteman, the great American jazz hound, is feeling fearfully aml wonderfully dis- tressed. He says that America is becoming music dumb, mean- ing, of course, dumb to bum music. The crooners, as evety. body realizes, were the last great ofFense, who finally put the hst on it. Their wails were too much for a de- pressed world. The stout Paul further states that in eight years we have almost exhausted a music library it took 800 years to build. Seeing that the U.S. are only as a nation some two hundred years old, this remark caused me to scratch my head with my right hind leg like a cat until I tumbled to what he meant. He was referring natur- ally to the fact that jazz origin- ated in the West African jungles and among the Argentine abor- igines. Now, while hating grand opera ss much as the great Paul, I am glad to hear that jazz is "on the skids." We may be able ere long to devise something be- twixt and between characteristic of the AnglenSaxon, in ylace of "something African at Fash- oda." Jam - Jams 2 eggs I cup brown sugar I cup shortening 6 tablespoons syrup 2 teaspoons (small) soda I teaspoon lemon or vanilla Enough flour to roll thin. Roll thin, cut and bake. While warm, put two together with jam. Beef and Potato Cakes Mix with a cup of cold roast beef 2 cups uf mashed potatoes seasoned as for the table. Add a beaten egg. Mix snd shape into balls and flatten like cakes. Roll in bread crumbs. Fry a gol- den brown. Nice for breakfast or tea. A Victoria gentleman by the name of Peter S. Lanchick rec- ently had s family cribbalte game in his home, which ended by his rising snd bouncing the cribbage board oif his wife' head. The report of the case does not state whether the boaril was bust, but it cost the bouncer two months in jail. I am moved to remark here that it is fortun- ate bridge is played without boards, or bouncing would be- come almost a universal prac- tice, and we should be having a number of broken pates instead of broken homes as a result of bridge disputes If bridge games were not so fretiuem- ly played twice over and on the way home, they would not be such an intolerable nuisance to the peaceable mind. ANNOUNCING PUBLIC SCHOOL CONCERT INGLEWOOD SCHOOL ! WEDNESDAY, Dec. 14th, at 7.30 p.m. Admission 25 cents. Proceeds for Schools'port Equipment. ~ enl. I got an awful ragging from an outraged North Shorlte thc other night for what he called a misplay. After the machine gunning, I told him the only kind of bridge he ought to be interested in was a First Nar- rows bridge anil that personally, I 'intended to chew a few pea- nuts. I grieve to say he has since tried to have me commit- ted to Esnondale. ik C. EI.FCTRic Sl'ONSOIIS SERIES RADIO BROADCASTS Farmers of the Frsser Valky and on Vancuuver Island will be interested in an announcement that s special series of broad- casts of addresses on Agricul- tural subjects has been arrang- ed to go on the sir every Monday evening at 8:50 o'lock commen- cing December 6. These fifteen minute addrrt- ses will be delivered by leading authorities from the University uf British Columbia, the prov- incial department of agriculture nnd elsewhere. Each of the ad- dresses, it is proposed, will be available in printed form to any- one who requests them. This entire series of broad- casts lasting until February 6 is being sponsored by the B. C. Electric Co. and will be put on the sir over CNRV. Here are the speakers and their subjects for the firs eight of the series: December 5, Dean F. M. C!e- ment, Dean of Faculty of Agri- culture, University of British Columbia--"Price of Farm Pro- ducts." December 12, Professor E. A. Lloyd, head of Department of Poultry Husbandry, University of British Columbia--"Breeding Poultry for 1933." December 19, Russell L. Davis, Field Supervisor for Jersey Farms--"Milk Production and the Fluid Milk Market." January 9, L. A. Atkinson, Bacteriologist for the Fraser Valley Milk Producers'ssocia- tion--"Quality Milk." January 16, Robert Sutton, District Representative, Prov- incial Department of Agricul- ture--"Making Beef for the Markets of British Columbia." January 23, Professor H. M. King, Head of Department of Animal Ilusbandry, University of British Columbia--"A Breed- ing Program." January 30, H. R. Hare, Field Representative, Farm Economist --"Planning Farm Business for 1933." February 6, Dr. A. F. Bares, Head of Department of Hor«icul- ture, University of British Col- umbia--"Strawberries." Invalid to Schoolboy Son:-- "Tom, how many drama are in an ounce?" "Sixteen, father." "Oh, that's not so bad, the doctor has allowed me three ounces of whisky a day." Stranger to Policeman: "The streets are very quiet today. Is it a holiday here?" Policeman: "No, it's a Tag Day." In vtooping down to pick up a threepenny bit in the Strand a Jew wan killed by a passing motor, Verdict: "Death *om natural causes." December I, 1982. HOLLYBURN THEATRE ERIIIAY end SATVRDAY Deeelllbei Zlni elis Sec BERT WIIEELER nini ItoaERT wool,sEY In "PEACH O'RENO" Matinee every Saturday at Z n.nl. PLAN WIVTER FAIR IN IM3 Plans for reorganization of the Winter Fair were practically de. cided upon by members of board of tlirectors of Vancouver Exhi- bton Association at a meeting in The Province board room on Thursday afternoon. iMembers plan to exhibit mut- ton, pork, beef, fruits, seeds and potatoes on a date just prior to Christmas in 1933 if agreeable tu farmers of the lower mainland. The fair will be operated on s basis of little or no prize money. It was estimatetl in a report to the meeting that an operating surplus of 89000 will be derived from the Exhibition Forum by the end of March. This is ex- pected to take care of the sink- ing fund and other liabilities of the buildmg Operating surplus of Hastings Park golf course amounted to 84000 since January I, it was stated. A number of improve- ments have been made on the course, including new drainage facilities. Election of board of directors will take place on December 23. J. S. Gordon, superintendent of Vancouver schools, is returning oificer. iuembers of the boanl retiring this year are: IValter Leek, Willie Dalton, C. A. Cot- terell, W. J. Blake-IVilson, B. H. Moore, R. G. iklcCuish, James Brand, C, M. Rolston and Ed- ward Lipsett. VANCOUVER STANDS THIRD IN NUIIIBER OF AUTOMOBILES According to records compiled by the Dominion Government Vancouver has 32,270 automo- biles and stands only third in the Dominion in number of cars used. Montreal has 65,321 ears and Toronto is first with 100» 281. The province of B. C. heads sll others in point of increased consumption of gas to the ex- tent of over 17 per cent. during the year 1931. Vancouver stands third in the record of fatal accidents during that year wltir a total of forty- five killed and 1332 injured. Montreal had fift-four fatalities with 2556 injured. There are fqwer cars on B. C. farms than in the rural sections of any other province. CORI'ORATION Oi'HE DISTRICT OF IVEST VANCOUVER Court of Revision of Voters'ist, 1933 NOTICE is hereby given that s Court of itevision of the Voters'ist will sit at the Municipal Hall, 17th and Esqulmalt, District of West Vancouver, B.C., on Saturday, the 10th day of December, 1932, at 10 o'lock in the forenoon, for the pur- pose of correcting and revising the Voters'ist for the year 1933, and to determine sny application to strike out the name of sny person, which has been improperly placed thereon, or to place on such list the name of any persun improperly omitted therefrom. Dateil at the Municipal Hall, West Vancouver, B. C., this 24th day of November, 1932. WM. HERRIN, Municipal Clerk.