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Circulating in the D istrict o f West Vancouver-^Amhieside, Holij/burn, Weston, Dundarave $j.oop«ryMr. - ', J Cypress Park, Cauifeild, WhytecHffy Etc. Vol. X l l l HOLLYBURN P.O., WEST VANCOUVER, B.C., THURSDAY, JULY 14^h. 1^3S No. 15 EUROPE AND ASIA The most serious news last week; was p rpv id^ by Pales- .;„A vvhei'e indications point to a inore disturbing sta te of olvniis than has b ^ n given out by , the British Government fs a a S "f the increased violence in th a t country fresh L m have been ordered there to join the already l a r p S ia ^ n g a g e d in try ing to keep the, peace between the Arabs !nd the Jew^. Among these was one battalion of the Irish Tnards and i t has been axiomatic for generations th a t the rnnnis'are only sent out of England in the case of a national pm??gency The repatriation of the Jews was a t beat a doubt- S exoeriment, in fac t from the standpoint of hard comrnpn sense a ^ r t from humanitariari reasons^H^ *r!rv t r e b le th a t has sinpe ensued; As i t is, our hold of.the Mediterranean is nov^threatened a t both. ends, ^o^^o^er, n f-ir -IS the Arabs -dre concerned', our new friendship with iSe T uits is likely to be much m .the-nature of a red rag to ■ " ^The Anglo-italian Treaty is proving a boomerang to both Oharriberlain and Mussolini, in each case person^ly, The former's appeasement plan, which is his own dhild and not that of his p arty ,'h as turned o u tr to ^ ^ the useless chimera b r s » . * s s s » « X "2, Kf the Pyrenean frontier closed, so much the (fuicker oould they brfnff about Franco's final victo(ry and the permanent occupa- Hon V the country. The British Premier, is faced with a Hobson's choice. He m ust either make the Anglo-Italian " K t y effective w ithout first requiring the withdrawal of the --Italian troops,~which~herno\v~knows-w.illTnever be-done,-.(^-he_ must wash out the trea ty entirely, and by »o dom§ adm it his appeasement plan was wholly wrong. E ither for him political esttinction am id the execrations of his own p eo p le-A nother diffioulty^s-theconstant-bombing.pf.B^^^^^^^ S f w h i c h is m aking hi^,h6^ ̂of the leadership weaker every , day^ Muskolinii too, is eh'uaUy up a t r ^ .d He needs the iU g l^ Italian Treaty verv badly as a club to use on Hitler, which Italian irea ty y, j .fmnna from Spain: Molly Edwards is holding swimming and diving.classes for all ages, beginners arid advanced, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 1 to 4:30 p.m. a t l>imdurave Pier. Any intorest- 0(1 lire asked to kindly phone her at West 208-X. COMING EVENTS Monday, August 1st r-- "Fun 0 ' the Fair," West Vancouver . Townswomen's Guild. The Lions from Capilano Italian irea ty very oacwy- «-» w -wuw. w q . . "■ -- r'--- r = =^------- :vgim ld^;feg h is -p iB s t i g e - a U i y m . ^ J ) A l ^ d r s - y « ^ r but with th is difference. Mussolini is at .winmng pon- . . . 11 j- ___fU,QmKp.r1ftiTi isi OPIV losins rHOLLYBURNHALL HOME IMPROVEMENT PLAN With home owners making plans for repairs and improve­ ments to their dwellings in pre­ paration for the coming winter, Canada's Home Improvevment Plan is again to the fore, both aniorig owners and dealers. - -Up- to - Ju n e 3 0 th - a. -total of $16,790,084.86 has been-loaned under the Act. An analysis of hcAv this money is spent is of interest. According to the Can- adian-Jnstitute of-Plumbing-and- Heating, the .proportions going to /th e various trades were as ' fdllows; General O ontractog 51%.; Plumbing and Heating, Providing telephone service for the area between Caulfeild - Sunday "School - and . 23 People's Bible Class will be " as usual a t 10 a.m. next Sunday, Under the heading of "General 'ancivHorseshoie Bay, the British July-47tlir^nr-bHollybu:pn-JlaH-- Contracting,"b h o o v e r , are a - . Po^^anv'cj A t the 7 :30-p.m .-service-next, number of unspecified items Columbia. T elyhone Com pany^ Sunday Messrs. William Mason a^.-rfifficult of claesiflca- -- 1. w r v i i r W i i f l F w ill William Rae will be th e ' l---- speakers and will bring Gospel messages. Tilesday a t 8 p.m.' prayer and Bible study, when Dr."" Bryson " wi ir~gi ve" a" l€ctur€" on "The Furniture of thd Taber- nacleT""" """ T":t -- sid^able iierritory in Spain, while Chani^rlm ri is only losing England her prestige and control of the Mediterranean to an-extent th a t can hardly, be: made, up for .by any-additional armaments that may be created during the de l̂ay. -- lEfler, :whose-qui^l®§s^hasd5een;nmki^^^ "Has niow^ddled to th a t uneasiness by fu rther fortifying oi tne Rhineland rirea. Evidently he w ants to create as far as pos­ sible an impregnable barrier froni an attack (>n his western "bordersr so~that" he- cannfUng -most^of--his- strength-in to - the inevitable struggle w ith Russia when. he ag p n attecks C^echo- -SlevaMfc--Bgitisih-and Enrppean-milifary-eimes-figaire^h^ .wi i do this in August a f te r 5the harvesting of the crops, th a t is, if he strikes this year a t all, , . ' " - . ' In the F ar E ast Japan, a f te r a year of fighting fihds h ^ - self gradually lo sin g jh e w ar as. w ^l as the world J ra d e she has so painstakingly built up.' A s . in the previous case 01 Germany, no amount , of impudent, denials will convince other nations she was not the aggressor;;*' I t is one thing to over­ run a large slice of territo ry , b u t quite another thing to hold it ill. the face of a hostile population skilled in g u erilla war­ fare, as Napoleon found o u t . to bjs cost. And Germany, ̂ ̂ __ _______ ____ _____ Japan's only p(>ssiblfe saviour, hardly dare sen^assistance with » ^ ^ side of Marine services Were, held a t 11 Q^«or^are^^ a Russia th a t is no longer (xmfronted. with a Japanese m enac^ Drive, opposite the Gleneagles -yesterday from the Jlollyburn their houses up to date, and, for ^ --liT-South- China "there_atilL goe^Qn-the--terrime uinkBi::^t'-~î „ra.~,:Qrierst̂ Q]̂ y--̂jga^eya]^3Hbm.e^of-3Harron -Bj;o3.̂^̂--̂ .?of-"4ii*i[i!y?fen~'̂ î(I~"ch'ild3̂ n ând-HU&n̂ -6ombafantSy....,wiuch|-- -- fireproof--"Sti-uctuKŜ --.--bu.ilL-.g:â .̂i.ny,.n̂ d̂,---.-thê R̂ew-J^Best'̂of&Mnat.mg',-- »evs55̂ %he=e3̂ i^ ^ P ^ c o m p l is h in g anyfRing, -called-'Christian "nations :prepare g^eat-air-fleets-to-be-usecu-----Cadifornia7^ueeo-exteH oir--and-^0 ^iian(Y-^iew"Gemetery^-^^:r:r-^"- : j ^ | ^ : f^aris ■for-a"similar'purnoser - r gjass block windows.-^ Outside new-Whytecliff central' otfice will begin operation on Thursday, July 21. It will be a dial system, serv­ ing a t the" commencement,- 52 subscribers^ It will be a area, and, therefore, there will be free • calling between Whyte- cliff subscribers and.those served by the W est Vancouver tele­ phone .office; The existing charge will be maintained on calls be­ tween Whytecliff and North Vancouver or Vancouver. ' To house the automatic equip­ ment a small-building was ereet-° ed on the east side of Marine tion. I t is estimated by the G.I. P.H; that about 12 % of the 51 %: under General Contracting goes toward plumbing and heating, bringing the total~bf"this trade to well above 30 %. This figure s_^4jppoFtedJiy-^experienc^^ the: ---------------------- . ■ JJnited-^ States,- where it was DEATH OF '■ i ,estimated th a t 31.4%; of loans N. H. STRICKLAND.. for impovement of homes went to the plumbing and heat- The death - occurred in the North Vancouver General Hos­ pital last Monday of N. H.. Strickland of 1336 Duche.ss Avenue. -The deceased was in his 75th year.' Private funeral ing industry. ' Increased house building ac­ tivity is also, of course,_haying_ an effect on the demand for mod­ ernization. In order to keep their place in a competitive field, Civilii^ation fears extinction fr<)m the air fate do they deserve- who-do such, thinks"? W hat other "glass_____ plant work in connection with the joh has includfed'the string­ ing of 12,000 feet of 50-pair cable MUSICAL SUCCESSES 'DEATH OF-VIRGINIA WARD _ their object. In the initial six months of the year, 689 new dwellings were^ --------- -- / ̂ put under construction in Van-/^ The finals of the annual clubi '̂- couver, their total cost being WEST VANCOUVER TENNIS CLUB NOTES. ---A t-th -e 'fe c W " 'Ju n e^ -------m Iexaminations th e following sev^n-year'old daughter oi Mr- pupils of Mrs. F; Knight-Hodger arid: Mrs. Earl Ward. ot. 23blTTit /̂ niT ' - .,1 AxrAnn̂ . TiaSS Up to the present time, .only pupils of Mrs,.F; Knight-Hodg^^^ and;;̂ Mrs. J^an lonff-distance service has-been lU.L.C.M., were successful w ith M a ^ e ^ Avenue, p a s ^ Mav^ a v a i l a b l e in the area to be served v«y high mari®;: . , E ^ h S b r t h r n e V .office. W est Van- '-Miss Ida Brealey wdn Diploma ,. Mirin. Besides her s ^ M Associate (A.L.C.M.), ̂ in leaves to *«orirn her 1 ^ ^ ^pianoforte, harmony, and form ., brothers/ B ^ Royal Schools of the Associat-^ Earl,^at home, _€d Boarct--Iritermediaf^ Violin,- w e r e held y e g e rd a y ^ ^ ro fe B re a le v TiOweî Division from: ■ the Hollyburn ___ ___ __ Pianoforte Norm a'M i n i o n s * Home of Harron Bros. Ltd., the Chris Stamatis, fc -W ^amett-QffiiLi_a.Gn&_ofiSc^^ Oafe,_has u% H arvey-Sm ith;Transition infermeht was made in Courtesy Cafe a t dition to the placing (ji a num- tournament, postponed from last, approximately two million dol- ber of new poles and the string- Siihday_Qwing_io_thc rain, will lars, an increase of more than Irig/of open wire. ■ i-- - i -----1 -- i. cguver has direct telephone con­ nection with V ^couver through .ajsubmarine cable laid in 3,928. THE COURTESY CAFE formerly: chef opened the a t 625 West ^ J p a n o fo ^ ^ -3 ^ ^ __ Pender Street, where he is Collinson; 'Theory,' Grade IV, " ' be played next Sunday, July ; h a l f a million over last year.The 17th, commencing at 1 p .m ;'* opening weeks of July, the Build- sharp. AH those, interested are ing Department repc>rts,"show'a invited to come and watch the .. continued demand for house per- games during the afternoon. - m its, indicating a strong sus- - r r ----------------- ^tain^ m arket for new homes A Few ^̂ Howlers" here. "Tom Thumb was the-invent­ or of hitch-hiking."., . ' "A knapsack is a _b_ag/' ..uv/ii, xiicuj-y, vyx«»vit; i , j^orge Brealey; llieo ry . Grade., ' Norma Minions; "Theory, Grade II, Dorothy Harvey- BRITISH - ISRAEL specializingin'breakfestsrlnnch^ eons, afternoon teas and din­ ners. Heasonable prices. Mr. Mr. and Mrs; E rnest England sleeping of Beverley Hills, California, and ___________ ___ ___Mrs. _Carla_Crumbb of Eugene, 'A battledore is the main en- Oregon, left for Southern Cali- trance to a college mess hall." fornia on Tuesday, having^sperit " 'Bathos!' (short for "bathe five weeks in West Vancouver, those" ) was the war cry for the where they occupied the Hudson Knights eT tH T B ath ^when W y ~ -hom e-a r20 th"and Bellevue. Conductor of London Sightseeing ,us: "We are ju st passing the larg- in London." . 'uiiutsi . Thirsty American Visitor: '̂Why?" Federation. R^milar Monday evening meet- Stamatis, who has lived, m West in??at 2Mh and Marine Drive, Vancouver for many years, in- Md1)y"-th6-Kingdom Crusaders. yitesIocM 'r e s i s t s to oome to Eve^one is invited to hear thes* the C p u ^ y Cafe -for meals y o S e r speakers who . speak when m the city or to drop in .mda? the A p ic e s of the B.-I. for afternoon tea or a tem pting ■under tne auspices v dinner a fte r shopping, . attacked-the-peasants." In the Flea Circus In amazement I watched the trained"'* flea do his stunts. 1______________ ____ ' "Did you educate that flea your­ self?" I asked the man. , ' , -- "̂Tfes," he replied,proudly, "I r a is ^ him from a pup." The grocer was making out a list of his requirements to. send to his wholesalers. - - "Bill," -he-^shouted-tp^-his as-_ sistant, "do we want any new- laid eggs?" "No, sir, we've enough to last a month or more!"