| Italian workers recently staged a 24-hour general strike against the Sovernment’s austerity measures. Photo shows tens of thousands of Workers in Rome holding a rally in front of the Basilica of St. John. Similar rallies were held as workers staged protests during their one-day Strike. 3 thank you for $10,000 .. but please VANCOUVER ’ Bill Bennett $1650 * Broadway 1700 Kingsway 1800 Niilo Makela 1000 Olgin 400 Peter McGuire 1700 Point Grey 600 Simon Fraser 450 ae South Vancouver 1200 266 Vancouver East 3500 2619 West End 700 107 - VANCOUVER ISLAND Campbell River 700 102 Comox Valley 600 6 Nanaimo 1200 232 Port Alberni 800 129 Victoria 1000 125 NORTH FRASER Burnaby 2500 367 Coquitlam 750 107 Fraser Industrial 500 169 New Westminster 900 = Richmond 750 387 SOUTH FRASER Delta $700 60 Fort Langley 600 180 Surrey 2500 775 White Rock 800 50 EAST FRASER raser Valley 450 54 Maple Ridge 800 —- Mission 1000 47. OKANAGAN Kamloops 400 —— Notch Hill 100 — enticton 200 ee enon 600 382 OTHERS Orrespondence 450 130 reston 150 a North Shore 2500 431 well River 300 -- "ince Rupert 300 66 Sointuta 100 ays: rail tees Misc. 500 TOTAL’ $37000 $10,378 Earmarked for Japan Coal giveaway proceeds Plans for a vast giveaway of B.C.’s_ most valuable coal resources in the north-central region of the province are moving ahead rapidly. Dick Herman, vice- president of Dennison Mines told a meeting of the Prince George Chamber of Commerce recently that he expected production to get under way within two years. Herman told the local business group that the coalin the Chetwynd area is some of the best in the world and is ideal for steel making, and said the company. hopes to get acontract for the export of the coal to Japan. According to Herman, the Quintette field, which is about 80 miles from Chetwynd, contains a proven reserve of one billion tons and possible reserves of 2.8 billion tons. zs Although Dennison Mine Co., is starting the project, it is going into the huge coal-mining operation as part of a consortium of multina- tional corporations which includes Imperial Oil, Mitsui Mining Co., of Japan, and a second Japanese mining corporation, Tokyo Boeki Ltd The consortium has already ; applied to Ottawa for a decision by the Foreign Investment Review Agency (FIRA) on whether to grant a permit for a foreign takeover or investment in Canada. RANKIN Cont'd from pg. 2 the Landlord and Tenants Act. Whereas rent increases in apart- ments were limited to 10.6 per cent (and now 7 per cent), these restrictions do not apply to apartment hotels or rooming houses. Here rent increases have been as high as 70 per cent. Furthermore, tenants, when it comes to eviction, have certain — even if limited — rights under the Landlord and Tenants Act. If they live in apartment hotels or rooming houses, they have no rights whatsoever — they are completely at the mercy of the Landlord. This is the situation that needs correcting and this is what DERA, COPE and = many tenant organizations are demanding. The provincial government should be urged to bring in the necessary changes in legislation at once. cover the expenses of the trip to The permit was granted by FIRA last December, opening the way for the consortium to proceed. Herman told the Chamber of Commerce meeting that his company envisions daily ship- ments of 500 railcars of coal to the coast once Quinette and two other fields owned by the consortium gets under way. He admitted that the corporation expects some public protest because of the ecological harm which will result from the open pit mining. He ad- mitted there will be a certain amount of damage to the en- vironment. “Quintette will disturb about 7,700 acres of land, which is about 7.5 per cent of the total area,’’ he admitted. Yorke named as delegate to Warsaw peace parley Latest delegate to be named to the B.C. delegation to the World Assembly of Peace Builders conference May 6-11 in Warsaw, Poland is civic leader Bruce Yorke. Yorke will be among an expected six delegates from B.C. to attend the conference. A fund-raising social to help 2679 E. Hastings St., . Vancouver, B.C. ‘253-1221 THE COMPLETE TRAVEL SERVICE We will professionally look after all your travel needs. We specialize in tickets, tours, passports, permits and reservations. Call us today— for prompt personalized service. GLOBE TOURS. Warsaw has been set for Saturday, April 30, 8 p.m. at 1924 McNichol, Vancouver. The social will cost $2 and in addition to light refreshments will feature a slide show of 15 different countries. 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