Careful driving will keep you from making these newspaper headlines.

ake yours a safe vacation

is VICTORIA, B.C.
The increased number of
Maths from traffic accidents
provincial highways — 50
lercent higher than last year—
as brought an appeal from
{ficials here for better observ-
Ace of safety. rules by motor-
S, particularly during the
ammer vacation period.

In the first four months of
is year, before the start of
Me holiday’ season, 63 persons
jed of injuries received in
faffic accidents throughout
he province. The number of
cidents in the period de-
eased as compared to the
ame period last year, from

19.-in .1955 to 7,073, but
leaths were 50 percent and in-
Uries 12 percent higher.

Among safety rules for mo-
rists are these:

.© Start your trip in the
morning instead of right after
work. A good overnight sleep
Vill help keep you alert at

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COFFEE SHOP
410 Main St.
Operated By
GEORGE & WINNIFRED
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the-wheel.

@ Cut your day’s driving
down to a limit of about 350

“miles. When you try to drive
farther than that you are in-

creasing your chances of ac-
cidents.

@ Make safety stops every
two hours or so to stretch
your muscles and take a stim-
ulating cup of coffee or some
other alertness beverage.

@® If you are lucky enough
to have a spare driver, let her
or him take the wheel and give
you a rest. .

) eaths from traffic accidents
province rise by 50 percent

@ Avoid travelling at night.
Pull in at that motel or hotel
between five and six o’clock.
You'll get better accommoda-
tion and you'll be better able
to drive the next day.

@ Skip the cocktails or
other alcoholic beverages un-
til you’re off the road for the
day. Alcohol adds to fatigue
as it is a depressant.

@ Remember the coffee
break that helps you at work
can also help you to drive and
if you're driving through iso-
lated areas, take along a ther-
mos of coffee.

Native Indian art called -
© Canadiana of future ’

The future of Native Indian
ait depends upon the en-
ccuragement and support it
receives from Canadians as
a whole.

This is the opinion of Ed-
ward Neel, honorary chief of
the Kwatiutl and and expert
on Native Indian cayvings.
His wife, Ellen, is a grand-
daughter of Charlie Jones,
outstanding totem pole carver,
and herself a leading exponent

‘of the art of totem carving.

_ But. while Neel believes
that Canadians, by withholding
or giving their support, will
determine the future of Native
Indian art, he is also confid-
ent that “totem carving and
other forms of Indian art will
be the Canadiana of the future»

“When people consider some
of the Native art ugly, they are
right,” he added. “It is meant
to be ugly.

No fare boost,

but less

buses

The public could hardly believe it. Greater Van-
couver bus drivers have won a wage increase and the
B.C. electric has announced it is not planning a new fare

increase ‘‘at-this time.’’

Following conciliation
wages of 2,300 BCE bus driv-
ers by 28% an hour over the
next two years, there was con-
siderable public speculation
that the BCE, as it has invar-
iably done over the past dec-
ade, would seek another fare
increase.

Contrary to custom, how-
ever, the B.C. Electric an-
nounced last week that it
“will not seek an increase in
bus fares at this time despite
the big pay boost,” which com-
pany officials calculate will
cost the B.C. Electric $1,300,-
000.

Instead, according to Pre-
sident Dal Grauer and other
BCE officials the company: is
considering “effecting some
economies” to take up the
slack. These economies may in-
clude “cdoperation of munici-
pal officials and union lead-

ers to eliminate dead mile-
age.”
Spelled out that means

fewer busses on the road,
more drivers on the spare
board, and less transit ser-
vice for the commuting pub-
lic. To round out these “eco-
nomies” the B.C. Electric
monopoly also hopes and ex-
pects to receive, a substan-
tial pre-election tax rebate
from Ottawa.

As one union “official told
the Pacific Tribune this week:
“The B.C. Electric hasn't
turned philanthropic Its. an-
nounced intention of not going
after a fare increase at. this
time isn’t because it has de-
cided to pay the wage boost
out of profits. The B.C. Elec-
tric knows that an application
for a fare boost at this time
would be highly unpopular
so it’s looking for other ways
of maintaining its profits.”

“The commuting public will
pay through the nose with less
service, the bus drivers with

less working time,

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public, fed up with poor ser-
vice, will be ready to pay
higher transit fees when the
B.C. Electric gives the Pub-
lic Utilities Commission the
nod.”

The conciliation award. cov-
ers all BCE bus drivers in
Greater Vancquver, New West-
minster and Victoria and pro-
vides that by 1958 their basic
hourly rate will rise to $1.98.

East Indians
ask new deal

OTTAWA
A delegation from the East
Indian Canadian ‘Citizens

Welfare has been meeting with
MPs and cabinet ministers,
ulging a greater measure of
fair treatment under immigra-
tiom regulations.

The East Indians seek the
same _ non - discriminatory
treatment in bringing their
relatives to Canada as given
other groups. “We East In-
dians,” they say, “are mem-
bers of the British Common-
wealth, yet we are not given as
liberal treatment as other
non-members.”

Immigration Minister J. W.
Pickersgill promised to give
the matter “consideration,”
then told the East Indians they
were getting more favorable
treatment than other Asians,
blandly ignoring the fact that
his “other Asians” are not
part of the Commonwealth.

British Columbia MPs pro-
mised to support the demands
of the East Indians for fairer
treatment. Spokesmen for the
delegation said they had re-
ceived a “favorable reception”
from cabinet members and all

and the political parties.
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