. Canadian Nippon Kokan (NKR, Japan's second largest steel maker and a major shipbuilder, NKK opens — | B.C, office today announced it’ will 3 establish a branch office in Vancouver in early November, The announcement was made coincidental with news of agreement between NKK and ‘the B.C, Government to un- dertake jointly a feasibility study ofa basic steel millin-the prdvince, Kitimat and Prince Rupert: are both being eon. sidered in this study. This will be the first office ofa Japanese - steelmaker in Canada, Yuzuru Koide, a senior executive of the cempany’s steel division, has been ap- ‘ pointed general manager. Mitsuo Hayashi and Mikio Hasegawa have been named assistant managers, NKK President Hisao Makita © sald the main purpose of opening an office on Canada’s West Coast is to provide more readily available lalson with: customers and suppliers and with the Japanese trading companies which have branch offices in Canada. With the company for. 27 years, Mr, Koide has served in several dapariments and held managerial positions in New -York and Dusseldori branch offices. _He is a graduate of Meiji University. Mr. Hayashi joined NKK in 1961 in New York’ and has served in marketing research and steel export departments, Mr. Hasegawa jointed NKK in 1962 and has served mainly with the raw materials purchasing department. He Is a graduate of Sophia University, “The Vancouver office will be locaiéd on the 26th floor of No.3 Bentall Centre, Burrard Street, in downtown Vancouver. -Within Japan's steel industry, Nippon Kokan has -long been known’ as the ‘Champion. of Canada". . The. company, “has been chief negotlalor for Japan in, arranging contracts with _cROSSWO YUZURU KOIDE western producers of coking coals. The company also has supplied various steel products to Canadian markels, especially to Western Canada, for many years: “Opening of our Vancouver office reflects the growing ties between cur company and Western Canada," Makita said. “Qur hope is nol only to serve our cuslomers and suppliers better but to help personalize and humanize the relationships which hitherlo have tended to- be mainly with a- handful of business friends.” . In ‘addition to supplying a variely of. steel products, Nippon Kokan has also built several large ships — for . Canadian companies. NKK’s huge Tsu shipyard recently delivered a third super tanker. of 251,000 deadweight tons to Canadian Pacific . (Bermuda) Limiled in addition (o several coal and iron ore carriers.” In the 1973 fiscal year ending March: 31, 1974, NKK sales lolalled CDN $2.9 billion; the company produced 16,3 million metric tons of crude steel.and built 26 ‘ships with a total deadweight tonnage of 2.4 million, RD PUZZLE TODAY'S ANSWER Over twenty Terrace Air Cadets and Keydets left Terrace late last week for a long weekend jaunt to Nanaimo for glider training, The youngsters are pictured above performing a fina) inspection for Terrace 747 squadron officers before piling board the bus for the adventure. -f i. Informatian Chamer Urges Minister to Look Into Regulations The Terrace and -District Chamber of Commerce has _ wrillen a letter (o the Ministers of Highways and Lands and Foresls asking far a review of present regulations governing the movement of heavy logging equipment in the Pacific North West, The problem came to Light during the course of an address delivered by Cyril Shelford, Manager-Secretary of the North Wesl Loggers Association at the last meeting of the Terrace and Dislrict Chamber of Com- merce. (See today's issue). Following is the text of the- letter sent over the signature of Wayne Gaunt, President of the Chamber, * Qur area! depends’ on the ef. ficient utilization. of forest products and the harvesting thereof, Under © existing regulations (he movement of heavy logging equipment is. virtually'ata standstill, Itis cur’ understanding that the equipment in question i.e. lopging spars can ‘only be moved on a special lowbed which “is kept in the Lower Mainland. Any contractor Loggers Demand Royal Commission Cyril Shelford, Secretary Manager of the North West Loggers Association.in speech _ delivered before the Terrace and District Chamber of Commerce insists thal the only permanent solution of the aly Forest industry Nes through the appaintment of a Royal Com- i mission to look at all aspects of aio Rs the industry. .-. . A . Mr. Shelford said -- oR - @ North West Loggers a! Natal day” mat Assn, wish to‘thank Mr. Hartley . greeting pres Dent M.L.A..in his attempt to . a ewas Sati eliminate.’ some’>:of the + Brew is SOIL we Bureaucratic bungling by the : ti fe) epartment.of Transport. an 1 Dawe 5 Make el ° Ni Communicailons which is at » Elocution- - ree —— tempting to bring.the moving 6 ist mateh 18. French | 24. Pricl IG Electrical (2 vds.) river heb heavy logging gulp Ene 5 7. Behaving | 19. Automa- 25, Smooth- area (oa Standstll and tur 15. Rabbit’ 5 properly ton 28, ing taot slowing a shakey Industry. . (3 wads. in ho .! Comp ‘ Jewish means : _ There is over 1000. miles of , tion for 22. lore 29. Lachry- roads in the area no problem is ’ 9, Cylindri- Hur's WL Nevada encountered even. vi th Teas of tal rch “elt ~ a0. Uncover 11. Pat or enemy 34. Surmamed core of 30 or 40 miles all close in L 21. Make eyes Richard —-23,Joining © - (Fr) to Terrace where roads are Fs) Deep mud. 15.Challenge line _ 35.G . beter constructed’ ” ‘the’ BS gin flan fh [2 fF e ft ie 9 restrictions are so..inflexible’ 2M. Seagull thal half that weight can’t move 2. Part of a 1o . even under special permil. The. 26. Noble 2 chief engineer in Victoria and Lo Italian Prince George for thé Dept. of . famlly \4 te Highways say no problem has z Jeremiad, . fs - been caused by moving these - wt. S owdered [11 ' loads in the past yet the Dept. of 31 lava 4 Transport and Communications “Into , say lhey don't care what. the 32. Under- st engineers. say they have a stand regulation and want (a keep it, - 33, Deject a5 Already over $400,000 worth of a, Mauna ' : equipment is held up some for output = 75" 27 ' aver a week due to the problem 36, Arthurian 0 oe ET - 3 with lille sign .of -solytion, a ady \ Bee : further delay of over a week 3, Grech Fr) Ee mate witha cost of over $5000 to each 38, Ride of the contractors. can be. ex- | at 36 DeAST pected if the machines have to ~ . anchor be dismanteled in order to move (2 was.) a5 yong bo 3 or 4 miles.on the highway. $0. Elnerenl if ee There is no doubt that this and i ENTRY FORM ; For Terrace Shopping Centres Pumpkin = : Carving Contest “To be held Saf. Oct. 25, between 11:30 a.m, & 3:30 p.m. Entiy forms to be. os < depasited hy Wed, Oc, 23, at Woolworth or Safeway. One years pass to the we ‘afternoon mat, (only) will be donated by the Tillicum Theatre to the best pumpkin'carved in each age group which js 6-9 & 10- 0-12 you must bring ‘your own utensils and be accompanied by a parent. Name:: AdMP 8S toa , Age: Phone: _ situation. and regulations must, be relaxed to, : went. under, “questions have to be answered ‘before the privale sector will other needless regulations are fapidly bringing the Industry to a non-profil position in the area, With crilical market con- ‘ditions the ‘Government ‘Departments should be bending ‘over. backwards to help . the Industry survive rather than place read blocks in it’s way at every opportunity. ~The Bureaucrats in Victoria think the solution- beds from Vancouver al $25 an -[° hour empty each way.and $60 an * hour on the job... This is another | example of. Common sense being not very cammon,.. The numbers of big equipment in the - area lo be moved ina year does - not warrant the buying of an $80,000 low’ bed which ay ‘or, may nol get a permit from Victoria. Terrace lives by the. logging industry and ways have to be found to legally move big equipment, The people of the area should be aware of, the shakey con- dition of the Industry where we see_in the last six weeks 23 _ contractors or Truckers either leave or gone brokd, this represents a wage loss of over $2,000,000 a year and-does not include the cul back at Price - Skeena or the closing of Rim Forest Products. It is past time that the people and Government realize we are. in a crisis if need be keep those thatare left moving. Most Co's are trying to work with only'30 days woods supply ahead, when they need 5 years: for proper planning of toads and olher development. ' “The time. is now for the Provineial Government to appoint. an" impartial.“ Royal . Commission to study all aspects of the Forest Industry to clear up. charges that: the Govern- - ment is purposely trying to scultle privale, Industry sa it can.lake aver-for litle more than a song. “Why Rim and other .Independants. pay - 30 - percent of income for stum- page. Rim payed $995,000 slumpage on $3.2 million sales, . Cancel payed less than 7 percent $8.4 on $139. million’ sales, Why dees Rim get only : $10.80 for chips when directed by Government to sell them to :, Can-Cel and had to turn down a -- Eurocan offer of $32 a beneory ”Unil, This is a direct subsidy to +CanCef and the reason the Co. All, of these have faith in Government so “ they will go ahead and expand to keep people working, Soclalism takes away private initiative and seems to replace it with nothing, Communism replaces private initiative with compulsion and even though we may not want it, here it works better than Secialism which seems to fail completely. . Optlmiatle A real optimist 1s the guy who goes In a fancy restoifrant and orders oystera — hoping to pay with the pearla he Tinds,. to" our’ problem is to bring large low. wishing lo move equipment must pay approximately $5,000 just to get (hat piece of equip: ment maved a few miles, We also understand thal con- tractors are being advised that the spars, ence moved cannot be moved again. If the timber in which the equipment is working. is destroyed bya natural disaster (such as fire) it is obvious that.the equipment is no longer needed in that specific location, Could we have clarification on this aspect? , Returning to the cost of. the iransportation of equipment, it would seem that some other arrangements besides , the existing low-bed could, be devised, We understand thal a local transportation . company would consider purchasing the , recommended equipment if he | had some assurance that his investment of some. $80,000 would be utilized. . If he and the logging contractors: are. unable -lo obtain. permits then it is obvious the logging contractors will shut down their operations and essential jobs will disap- pear. _ During this difficult period in lhe world markel far forest products wa ara, sure you are doing your utmoat:to aid British . Columbia’ a. No. ‘ONE ® industry. “THE, HERALD, Wednesday, October Te, Wy, PAGE aa sobenanatvartnebebhielesetetetes ot eca a8: nas iia rs SE EI SO Cha mber Activities Commission Industrial project, We have contacted the brochure for ideas, ‘Their municipality gs to. the brochure received national restrictions as to size recognilion when entered in possibility of hanging boxes, competition at the Annual etc. and they will advise us on convenlion of Industrial, same, Developmer.t Association of 4. An ad will be placed in our Canada. local paper urging good people lo run for Council. ‘This ad will 3. Beauliflcalion Project for the list the qualifications to run summer of "75. .The Three ‘ (eg. Candidates do not have lor Rivers Workshop. has been bea property owner or even a2 contacted to see if they could resident of the Town. %= Make wooden flower tubs as a Nomination papers have to be winter project from mill trim filed by October 26th, 1974, 12 AS soon as a few delailg . noon. have been worked cut they will Election Date -- Saturday, % be given the go ahead with this November 16, 1974. sheels on * “Fraudulent Cheques’ are’ * being obtained from our local : R.C.M.P. and will be available : from our Chamber office. In : addition to listing 22 points to be : checked before accepting = cheques, the info. sheet also points out various items - to be ee on all cheques such as’ Pe “Are written and numerical amounts thesame? As the bank “or branch clearly identified?" ete, “2, Industrial brochure - Wrote “Prince Albert Chamber for copies of their Development at Automolive ane tor the Te ac ‘Kitimat Area. ITS NEW,JUST FINISHED agus TUCK AVENUE 3. bedrooms, full basement, double concreted carport, Gas heat, double windows, carpeting and cushion floor. -Lot size 760x132 ft. FIRST MORTGAGE $30,000. ASK ABOUT IT. Sav-Mor Builders Centre Ltd. 4027 Kelth Ave., Terrace, B.C. Phone 635-7224 area. Subject. remuneration municipality ; ‘or or municipality or the municipality, .. Wha ceases "Fhe Terrace and District. - ( Chamber of Commerce _, Urges ait qualified citizens to altow their r name to i "stand for the post of alderman and school board. trustee for the. November 16 elections in this It is reminded that a candidate for Qualifications for Alderman are 1. The candidate must be 19 years af age or over, 2. He must bea Canadian Citizen or other British 3. He must swear: that he has examined the voter’s list and has verified that the name of both his nominators are inscribed therean. DISQUALIFICATIONS ee ee _,.Who is an employee or salaried officer of the municipality; or who is in receipt of: any .. Who has, directly or indirectly, by himself or through any other person, any contract whatever or interest in any contract with or for, the -,.Who has a disputed account against or due by or municipality has a disputed account; or .+ Who 'ls a Judge, Sheriff, Sheriff's officer, Police Magistrate, or Stipendiary Magistrate; or to have the qualifications The Chamber urges candidates who have a knowledge of | : municipal affairs, who are familiar with the needs of this. ‘community and who are capable of giving the time required to fulfill the important function of Alderman or School Board Trustee to eome forth and make themselves available to ail this most important function. ! | or assistance contact President Wayne Gaunt at 635-2295 * 1 alderman ne: junger has ta bea property owner in . a Terrace to qualify nor does he have to be a ee _ resident of the Municipality of Terrace, 4, That he is himself listed on ‘any: voter’ 5 ‘list inf the provitice of Briitsh Columbia. , fie 5. He must have resided in Canada at least one cB. year of which six months were in the province of wee Brlish Columbia. iy 6. He mus? not be subject to. any. “of the ee ee disqualifications listed hereunder, th necessary to entitle a person io have his name a enteredona list of electors pursuant to this Act) or? and | nef ., Who ceases to be » Canadian citizen or other ot British subject; or Who has been canvicted upon indictment of an offence in Canada, unless he has been pardoned therefor or uniess five years have elapsed since er: completion of the punishment; or MG ..Who Is insane; or -Who is an undischarged bankrupt. as defined by the Bankruptcy Act is disqualified from being nominated, being elected, and ‘from holding office as a member of the Council. payment from the: against. whom” the Further information. , (Office, or 635.2381 (Evening) 4 \eulgal: qapede saat Hoy aba ele esc drestri tee ap Mone neg tite 2) MRCS 3 Ripieppe sities Cite 3G SiH Nig seine ir Laat eeu ei oh Sate etaiebteied eles ieterin 1 ; usw aid 2