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TERRACE HERALD, TERRACE, B.C.

_ MONDAY, MAY : a, waif

Seen cycling inconspicuously to work is Sgt, Bud Foreman of

Terrace RCMP

Changing

into his more

conspicuous uniform he reminds parents and children of the
bicycle safety course sponsored by the Terrace Kinsmen later

this month.

Terrace. |.
chess
champs

Terrace won first.second and
fourth prizes in a senior round
robin chess tournament based
on speed games played in
Kitimat April 24th.

Maurice Johnson of Terrace
took first prize, followed by
second-prize winner George
Braun of Terrace. Mike
Bateman of Kitimat took third
place, and Joe Mandur of
Terrace came fourth.

Fifteen-year-old Maurice
recently placed second in the
Prince Rupert Senior chess
finals. He hopes to compete in
the B.C. Junier -Chess
Championships which are open
to players aged 19 and under.

Th ird stra ight | yrs

for Terrace twosome.

Over the weekend of April.

24th the Terrace Badminton
Club hosted the wind-up open
tournament of the season for the
North West zone.

A large out-of-town delegation

of top calibre players ensured
fierce and exciting competition
in what was considered to be
one of the finest tournaments
held in the North West of the
province.
_ For the third year in a row the
indomitable Terrace twosome
of Tom Harvie and Robert
Karrer came through to take
the men's doubles in a match
thatsaw them pull up froma 10-
2 deficit to score the victory.

One of the favorites to win in
the ladies singles suffered a
pulled leg musclein the finals at

The northern way

The Honourable Ray Williston
Minister of Lands, Forests,
and Water Resources

The dependence of British |
Columbia's economy upon the |
success of its -export trade |
makes the province sensitive to |
any developments in the world's
transportation industry.

A perspective can be pained .
from the fact that British ;
Columbia in 1970 accounted for |
62 percent of the 2.5 billion- '
dollar value of Canadian
commodities shipped to foreign
markets through the customs
ports of this province.

I am referring specifically to
the current revolution in the
“conlainerization” of freight
and the intermodal container
system. I, like many others,
have said a lot about various
aspects of this development
over the past few years. I
believe the time is ripe for
another assessment of same of
ils effects.

As aeresult of the
containerization of freight,
working practices throughout
the transportation industry
have been transformed, ports
have undergone fundamental
changes, ‘he structure of the
shipping industry has altered
radically, and railways have
been given new life.

Adoption of the container
system insea transport over the
past several years has been
rapid and capacity is
expanding. In 1968, the world
container sea fleet was
estimated to be 140 ships
capable of handling 60,000, 20-
foot containers. By the end of
1969 there were some 200
vessels ‘designed to carry
115,000 standard containers. A
capacity, to carry another
150,000 standard containers was
on order.

A recent article in Barclay's

Bank Review predicts that

larger container ships of the j

future ultimately will lead to a
dual syslem of feeder services
and deep-sea routes, The feeder
service will concentrate
containers at major sea
terminals from where huge
global carriers will serve the

| Super-Valu

| new developments in
: transport industry,

deep-sea routes.

There are some amazing
expectations of the container
system, Instead of the three to

' four weeks required to load and
: unload a conventional ship, it is

probably that container ships
will be handled in as little as
three to four days. The effect
can be startling. On the United
Kingdom-Australia run, for
example, nine container ships
now handle traffic previously
requiring 50 conventional ships.

In dealing with land
transportation, we become
more involved in the matter of
intermodality in other
words, the ability to transfer
the container effectively
between different types of land
transport and finally to and
from the ship. Success will
depend largely on _ the
mechanizaaion of the operation
and the.use of standard-size
containers.

Intermodality allows
flexibility in choosing the mode
of transport most appropriate to
a particular stage in a
conlainer’s journey.

Container trains probably will
be used for rapid carriage over
long distance, while truck
transport will be used for
shorter hauls and in areas not
served by rail. -

Such a system, propery co-
ordinaled, may make possible
the use of a ‘land bridge” in
world shipping routes. For
instance, European exports to
the Far East could be routed by

‘sea to North America’s eastern

seaboard, transferred by rail
across the continent and then
re-shipped onwards from the
weslern seaboard,

It is obvious that British

' Columbia's progress in its own
} export trade and as a Pacific
. Rim outlet for exports from
: other areas makes it imperative

this province keep abreast af all
the

Margarine '

“NO DEALERS PLEASE:

Snowmobile
sales level off

MONTREAL, QUE. --
Bombardier Limited, world's
largest snowmobile
manufacturer, has confidence
in the future of the snomobile
markel and in the company’s
ability to maintain a strong
share of that market, despite
the levelling of industry sales
which occurred the past winter,
President Laurent Beaudoin
said in his report to the annual
shareholders meeting at the
Chateau Champlain Hotel here
April 23.

‘Bambardier earlier this
month reported record high net
sales of $164,924,863 and net
earnings of $16,008,873, or $1.01
per share, equal to 9,7 percent

of net sales, for the fiscal year.

ended January 31, 1971. These

compared with nel sales of .

$141,784,229 and net earnings of
$16,822,274, or $1.12 per share,
for the previous fiscal year.

Beaudoin told shareholders
that ‘‘a primary factor
preventing Bombardier sales
from reaching greater heights,
and affecting earnings as well,
was the prolonged weakness of
the North American economy,
This condition precipilated a
levelling of new snowmobile
sales as winter progressed,” he
said, “As a result, sales to
distributors, profits from
company-owned distributors,
and profits from subsidiaries or
divisions supplying Ski-Doo
components and replacement
parls, all were lower than
anticipated.”

The Bombardier president
pointed out that higher selling
costs in the more competitive
market, costs of integrating
new acquisitions inte company
operations, and freeing of the
Canadian dollar also had their
effects on company profits.

“It is significant that, even
with a decrease in earnings,
Bombardier profits as a percent
of sales continue to be high,”
Beaudoin continued. ‘‘We ara
confident that, as we attain the
full benefits of the vertical
integration and expansion
program of the past two years,

Bombardier will be in a better
position to reach new sales and
profit potentials.”

In the annual report. to |
Beaudoin :
stressed that Bombardier’s |
the |

shareholders,

potentials center in
snowmobile market.

“We have faith in the future of |

the snowmobile market and in
our ability to maintain
Bombardier’s No, 1 position,
Production and marketing
programs for the 1971-72 season
have been carefully adapted to
the more competitive market,”’
he said,

Deaths

KOERNER - Margaret

Gertrude Martah, late of 4734 !

Tuck Avenue, in Terrace, aged
80 years, passed
Wednesday, April 28.

Her funeral was Saturday,
May 1, at the Lions Baptist
Church, Rev. Arthur Gellett
officiating.

Mrs. Koerner was born in
Berlin, Germany. Her husband
Willy, died in 1940, Mrs.
Koerner had lived i in Terrace
for the past six years.

Surviving her are three sons,
John Bahr of New Remo, Herb
Bahr of Calgary, and Reinhold
Koerner of Terrace. Also
surviving are eight
grandchildren and 15 great
grandhchildren,

On Course

by Bette Mahoney

Happiness i isan early morn ‘ng|

forecast of fair weather now :
that golfing season is here.
Anything milder than a blizzard
or torrential rain is considered
mild weather.

Senior Citizens Mr. and Mrs.
C.B. Harrison, were among the
first golfers out again this
season.

Alf Fogtmann, Manager, has
completed the member's club
slorageroom and begin repairs
in and around the clubhouse,
He reported a busy last
weekend on the fairways.,

An Executive meeting was
held Wednesday, April 2ist, It
was decided that Tee-off time
for the Two Club Fun

Tournament on Saturday, May

Bth will be 6:00 p.m. A social
evening will follow with
refreshments and music.

Ladies Day program will

continue one morning a week. ‘A’

genera] meeting will be held
Wednesday, May 5th, 3 p.m. in

the Clubhouse. Members and

interested golfers are urged. to
altend,

away |

Kitimat hosts
conference

The Annual British Columbia
Recreation Association
Conference at Kitimat is an
advantage to Recreation
Commissions located in the
Northwest. .

For the first time in several
years, transportation will not be

; a major problem in attending

the Conference. With the
exception of the Queen
Charlotte Islands, and two or
three outlying communities,
recreation delegates from the
Northwest will be able to reach
the Conference in the
afternoon's drive.

The Conference program
promises to be interesting in
that several disciplines other
than recreation are featured.
Delegates may examine the

‘importance of recreation from

viewpoints in fields of mental
health, planning and drug
abuse. Mr. Barry Beres who
will give the keynote address on
Thursday and the concluding
remarks on Saturday has an
extensive background in
recreation with experience as a
recreation director, university
lecturer and manager of a
private consulting firm.
Registration Fee of $20.00 will
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delegate from each recreation
commission located in
unincorporated communities or
Indian communities. Delegates
entitled to free registration are
Simply asked to notify the
receplionist at the time of
registration.

Car Pools are being arranged
from the €.R.B. Northwest
office in Burns Lake. If you
need a ride to the Conference or
have extra space inyour car for
delegates, please phone Dave
Brown at 692-7133 before 5:00
p.m, Monday May 3rd,

A Northwest Parks and
Recreation Association meeting
will be held at the Conference,
Association Chairman, Peter
Fanning is currently setting up
the meeting to fit into the
Conference agenda. Delegates
will be notified of the meeting
time when they arrive..

that event which spouled her
chances in both the Singles and
double events. .

Another repeat winner was
mixed twosome of Ernie and
Linda Smallenberg of Kitimat
who downed -Denis Umpleby

and Joyce Robertson of Prince |

Geroge to take. the mixed
doubles event, =
This match was described: by
many as the highlight of an
excellent weekend tourney,
Other winners were as
follows:

"A" Flight - Men’ 5 Singles --

tT ony’s Mobile Home

Bonnie Janzen, Prince Goerge

Dennis Umpleby, Prine
‘George; Ladies Singles - Joyce§
Robertson, Prince. George; § F
Ladies Doubles -— Sharron and

““B" Flight .- Men's singles «
K. Hutchins, Kitimat; Ladies}
singles — D. Cheyne, Kitimat: !
Men’s doubles -- Harcoff and §
Gourlie, Prince George; Ladies {
Doubles -- A.. Carter and R. ae
Dobbins, Kitimat;
doubles -- R. Flaherty and H. §
Ludditt, Terrace.

“Her Flight ~ ~ Men's singles —
Jim McRae, Hazelton; Ladics'
singles -- L. Sanders, Kitimat. ]

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May 3rd

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(Not an Auction)
in conjunction with
The

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Trade Fair
Saturday, May 15th

At The
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