PAGE As, THE HERALO, Wednesday, October 23, 1974 \hrough November 2. following comments, A national safety pro- gram in support of the Canada Safety Council's annual auto check-up campaign has been an- nounced by Nissan Auto- mobile Company (Can- ada) Ltd., distributors of Datsun cars and trucks. The firm is contacting all Datsun vehicle owners and offering each a free 15-minute, no-strings-at- tached safety inspection. Datsun Safety Week is from Oct. 28, to Nov. 2, Letters will be sent to each of the over 150,000 offering the free safety check. Datsun dealers are committed to pay the full cost of some 37,000 man- hours of trained techni- cians’ time to conduct 150,000 inspections. “Nissan believes in safely and we agree with the Canada Safety Coun- cil when it says annual which Is free lo Datsun owners . nan interview with the Herald, staff will be on hand during the entire wee he assures tap Might service toall who lake advantageof lhis offer. _ }ton was asked to outline the details of the free check-out program an Datsun owners in Canada - safaty checks will save lives,” says a Nissan spokesman. “It is aur duty as automobile manu- facturers and concerned corporate citizens —to- make a meaningful con- tribution to automotive safety.” “It’s a yery good mave”, says Phil Farmer, exec- utive director of the Canada Safety Council. “We believe these peri- odie checks are essential and that each owner has both a legal and a moral responsibility to have his vehicle in a condition of safely. . “We estimate that eight to 10 per cent of all acci- dents are due to mechan- ical failures, and prac- tically all of those are due to lack of proper main- tenance. “The Canada Safety Councils check-up pro- fram normally begins in Mr. Kereliuk said thal he and his fully qualified k checking out tacally owned Datsuns and dhe made the Happy Car logo sets the theme for Datsun Safety Weck, Oct. 28 ta Nov. 2, ° when all Datsun owners are cntitied to a free safety check. April," Farmer says. “We advocate this sort of thing anytime during the year and certainly feel that timing this before winter Vehicle safety checks oe free to Datsun owners - _- President Hon Kereliuk of L&D Motors located at 915 Park Drive in Thorahill, Is take part in the Nissan Automobite Company (Canada) Lid. Vehicle Safety Checks during Cunada‘s National Safely Week October 28 NEWSLETTER ss csssssseeeefrom y is excellent.” Agreement on Lauk's desk since March - Oberle is. The Governments of British Columbia and Canada signed an agreement on March 28th, 1974, io provide ‘for participation by ihe province with the federal Department of Regional Economie Expansion, com- mented Frank Oberle NLP. Prince George - Pleace River. He went on lo say: The objectives of Agreement are: oo (a) to improve opportunities for productive employment and access to those opportunities in - areas or economic ‘sectors of British ' Columbia: which, relative lo olher areas or sec- lors of the province, . require : special measures to” realize development potential. . ib) to promote balanced development among areas of British Columbia and’ to en- courage the equitable distribulion of the benefits of such develapment, j ‘The Agreement provides for means to negoliate at least 3 sub-agreements which. would identify areas in which ac- livities are to Lake place, li is true that Ottawa neglected the needs of British Columbia in 1969 when the provinee was not ready lo proceed wilh a development proposal and, in 1972, when (he Federal Government decided to reorganize the Department of Regional Economic Expansion lomake the Act more conducive 1a new philosophy, of a socio eeonomic approach. The signing of the March Agreement howaver, was, at Jeas!, one whole year overdue, Uther provinces are busy developing their unproductive regivns and are channelling federal funds inlo industrial development programs both’ private and public as well as ulilizing the provisions under ihe new Act to assist municipalities in the creation of lhe necessary infrastructure. Needless lo say that 10 government is in position to give away any money that has. not been taken away from someone first and it is this reasonable !o assume thal a good percentage of the 600 million in the budget ,of the Department comes from Brilish Columbia taxpayers. -In addition to thal, I oflen wonder whelher the 50 million dollars the Department spends annually in support of the Cape Breton Development Cor- poration would not be belter applied lo the gasification or synthetic. converstion of the ‘almost unlimited coal reserves _in North Eastern B.C... On Seplember 24, 1974, the Premier and senior members af the B.C, Cabinet met with some af ihe 23 federal Members of .. Parliament in Vancouver in at.” altempt to establish common grounds in various areas and 1: made the malter of DREE 4 subject of discussion. : It became abundantly clear to me and my colleagues thal the. Government of British Columbia, even (oday, is nat ready to help stimulate any - economic activity in our province. | . The Minister of Lands and Forests expressed the need for -even more studies before decisions and the 3° sub- agreements will be made. The Premier seemed more concerned about federal + assistance with the B.C. Ferry. System and more urban housing and transportation problems. © Meanwhile, until the province fs ready to sign the sub- agreements provided for in the umbrella agreement of March geth, B.C. taxpayers - will continue to suppor! industrial . and-socia economic develap- ment in the rest of Canada unless, of course, the B.C. Government succeeds in laking over an aven grealer per- centage. of private induslries, converting them‘ to Crown Corporations, thus avoiding some federal taxation. In a Press Release of Sep- tamber 26, 1974, the Honourable Gary Lauk, Minister of Economic Development said: “Two Federal Departments - . Industry, Trade and Commerce * Guaranteed income duri » World teader in welding ® High volume repeat sale « Opportunity for grawth Thursday or-Friday. LELAIAI boy RESEARCH CURDT RUIN ELR VICE WORLD IGADER $b MULTE ATL OHO eye YMG Hh A CUR Bade CTE ROUTE TY GROWTH | OPPORTUNITY IN TECHNICAL SALES * College education or equivalent * Intensive product and sales training » Highest quality: products « Unique incentive program « Protected salas territory TERRACE | ~ . GALL “GOLLECT FOR INTERVIEW: 0; Davies, (604)479-2908 ‘1105 p.m.of 6108 p.m. SEUTECTIC’ | Canada Ltd. {yual Opportunily Employ ur ng training products and services 5 . ‘Oct. 24 of 25 aE and Services and Supply, fall far short in the equitable | distribution of Federal lax dollars. bo Ontario has a population 3% limes that of British Columbia, yel receives twelve times financial and cther assistance from the Department of In- dustry, Trade and Commerce. British Columbia represents 10.7 percent of the national population. In Ontario the population is 36 percent of the national population yet the Department of Services and Supply make only 4,6 per cent of their. purchases in British, Columbia.and .53 percent. in’ Ontario.” . “The Economie Develapment Minister called. upon the _ Federal Government to fake on iis responsibilities to western Canada in general and British Columbia in particular. They know. the figures, I is their lack of concern; nol lack of knowledge and they du nothing about them, It is not thal they do not know, they just do not care.” , In my opinion the ball is in the | Provincial Courtrightnow. The Minister in Victoria should indicate that he cares by signing Ihe Federal Agreement LOW DOWN PAYMENT: LARGE FAMILY HOME: This home viewing. INVESTMENT: ° Diessner. reent with 2 morigages ached garage and sun *. for view!ng. 3 ACRES - 2 HOUSES: " ACREAGE = SMITHERS: Good ‘more for more detalls. OPPORTUNITIES: ferms wil] be considered. * APARTMENT LOT: Contac! Hans Caulien, Frank Easy terms, Lot on Highway 16 East in Thornhill. Call Ed Diessner now for further particulars. . fealures 6 bedrooms, flreplace, garage, full basement - located close to schaols. smailer house or land In part trade. Call Ed Diessner for 2 Plax -asking just $20,000. Make your offer naw. Phone Ed LOW, LOW DOWNPAYMENT: a . 52,000 down and $275 per month, can put you ina furnished 3 bedroom residence on Walker Street [nT just $21,000, Including furaiture. Propert leck,.3 black - to PUG. approved water system, Phone Frank Skidmore Located on Queensway in Thornhill.. Good site for com- mercial or ,!ndustrial development, §200.00 per month rental. Phone Frank Skidmore now. Two 10 acre parcels for sale on Highway near Smithers. arden soll, Small house on one. We still have a good selactlon of homes in the $20,000 - $30,000, Range that must be sold qu ry your trade, whatever It fs. . Don't overtook these opportunities to acquire a geod home now, Phone Hans Caullen for further information. & good investment In the downtown area. Fully serviced. Ed Diessner - 635-2009 ‘Horst Godlinski - 635-5397 Ron Earl - 635-2612 : Hans Caulien - 635-3708 BETTY BURRIS 632-6530 (Kitimat) - This. week’s newsletter will take a different form, “So many people from Skeena have asked me what do I catually do a3 their M.P.2 I have decided to select a regular day and Jet you know how I spend it, Here's a typical day, ‘Thur- sday, Oclober 10th. It begins at a:i5 am., as it does every weekday -morning when I meet with the Minister,: the Honourable Judd Buchanan and the members of his staff and the Deputy Minister of the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs. ‘This way I am well informed on all the backpround of the Department for the day and.should it be necessary for me to assist in any way in the Minister's work, [am prepared to do so. Shortly alter nine o’clack, I came back fo my office in the Con- federation Building which is the third building over from the Centre Block, and answered some phone calls thal were wailing for me and managed to -angwer one at twolelters, and at 9:30a.m., it was time to go back to the West Block, which is the second of the large grey buildings that we use for government here, for the Standing Commillee on Fisheries and Forestry of which ° Iam a member. This mecting Jasted until eleven o'clock when the bell rang for us all to be in the House, This is - the procedure followed on the days during the debate on the Speech from the Throne as we must: be in the House at eleven for Question Period which lads supposedly until twelve noon ~ but which frequently lasts until iwenty past. At lwelve naan, which is my lunch hour, the, French class begins in the Confederation Building, so it's back once again to (he other large building and | was just in to. the French class for ap-. ‘ proximately twenty minules when I was told that there were two delegations from British Columbia waiting for me in my office and so, thal was all there was for French class or lunch that day. 1 was happy to meet with them. and was able to arrange for one group to mect with a Minister andfor the other group lo secure the information that they were requiring. | was hopeful of getting a sandwich that. lunchtime but didn't manage it because al two o'clock, all too soon, the -bell rang. once again and we were summoned back to.the House. “The House then sits until 6:00 p.m. However, during the House sittings we are assigned to various olher Commitlees. Therefore, al three o'clock [ bowed to Mr. Speaker in the Chair and -left the House to attend the Sleering Committee of the Department of Indian and “Northern Affairs which, as Parliamentary Secretary to ' that Department, I am automatically a member. This meeting lasted until 4:30 p.m., and then it was back to the _ House for the final speeches of park | avenue realty limited 4615, park avenue terrace 635-4971 ner will consider ornhill. Full price Interest On balance at 12\2 Is all fenced, has at- ram school, Connected Presently produces. hone Frank Skid- Ickly, All offers on price and ° Skidmore - 635-5691 theday and al six o'clock, it was lime to join the Minister of the Environment and Fisheries, the Honourable Mme, Jeanne Sauve and the. Honourable Romeo LeBlanc, for a working dinner of the members of that committee, Al 7:00 p.m, alsa, there was a Caucus Commiltee meeting concerned with the ‘Winter Holiday and the new Canadian ‘National Anthem. However, I was unable to attend thal as the Ministers’ meeting” lasted over the lime when the next. meeting was scheduled. seri OTR tee ws lona Campagnolo At eight o'clack it's back into the House once again for sit- lings which continue until ten. Al ten o'clock, Mr. Speaker calls the questions to specific ° Ministers which we refer to as the “late show", and these are strictly limited as to time, There is a question from the Opposition to the Minister ar the Department to be answered In specific time again. There are lhree questions each night and as the Minister, Mr. Buchanan, was travelling, [ was required to slay in case there was a question lo his Department..° There wasn't a question for Indian Affairs that evening and so, al 10:30 p.m., 1 was finally Regional District Of free io head home. | As you can see, itis a long day but a fulfilling one and there is ne mention here of the time ' devoled to answering the letters from my constiluency. [do some of that while I am in the House and otherwise, it must be done following the regular workday. So if my letters are just.a litile slow in getting back to-you, I hope that yeu will be understanding of the amount of commitments that I have in your name and bear with me as I am working, and my staff is working, to see that all letfers Smithers Man Named toBench Selwyn Romilly of Smithers sayshe considers it an hanour and a privilege lo be recently appointed as Provincial Court Judge by ‘the Lieutenant Governor in Council. . . He was onhelidays in Nice, France, when informed by his’ brother and law-partner, Val Romilly of the appointment, and he said he had a mixed reaction, : “IT was sad that.I would have to leave Smithers, but at the same lime it was an opportunily [ couldn't really pass up,” he explained, adding that he wasn't expecting it. “| think it will bea challenging position... I'm lnoking forward to going to Terrace, I feet.a bit sad about leaving Smithers, I made quile a few, frieads here and on the whole, Smithers has been good to me." He said he was glad he was appointed to sit in Terrace instead of another place beeause he ean make regular trips io Smithers to see his acquaintances. Selwyn Romilly received his primary and secondary edyeation in| Trinidad, West are kept up to date and that I am able to ssist as many of the constituents as care La wrile to me ‘requesting help in their problem, _ Usually the lunch hour is taken up wilh a number of phone calls lo British Columbia as itis then ning o'clock al home and this is one more item that it is sometimes difficult to get to because of the time lapse, so onee again, if your phone calls are a little late being relurned to you, I-hopé you'll take into account the three hour time lag Indies, and his BA and LLB from the University of British Columbia. He articled in Kamloops for a year with Androws & Co. befare moving to Smithers in 1967. Selwyn Rom illy. Kitimat- belween us, Lam Jooking forward to being home for Thanksgiving and once again, want io remind you of the Northern tour of ‘the ” Departinent of. Regional Economic Expansion and Western Ports representatives and further that the Honourable Judd Buchanan will, be in Skeena, on Sunday, November 10th; . Uniil nexl week, good wishes from’ your M.P., Lona Cam- pagnolo, mo, In Smithers he practiced with barrister Laurence Per- ry for one year before opening his own o‘lice, and was joined hy his brather Val in 1970. Romilly, his wile Lorna, son . Jason (4%) and daughter Charis (24) will be relocating in Terrace where he _ will replace retiring Judge Calli-- son, elfective November 15th. “L hope I will be able ta doa rood job as a Provineial Court.- Judge. I will do my -best to live up to the expectations of the Judicial Council,” he stated. . : In view of the appointment, he said he would resign his position as presiderit. of the Skeena Liberal Associatian. At 34, be will be one of the youngest Provineial -Court Judges in British Columbia, « Lemmings Every three or four years 4 - population explosion of these small rodents triggers a muss mi- gration which secs thousands af them die. While living they grow toa length of about five inches, hare short tails and cars cov ered with thick fur, REFERENDUM BY-LAW NO. 40, Public notice is hereby given to the Electors of the defined’ portion of Electoral Area C,. more commonly. kno Thornhill-Queensway, that.a_ poll shall be “taken. cordance with the provisions of the ‘Municipal ‘Act’* to determine whether or not the electors wish to. participate in the function of commun operation.’ wn as in ac- ity centre development and The following briefly sets out the proposed formula for. financing: | as working caplial Center. b) the annual operational cost i : be ‘approximately $2,500.00 “Sa) Borrowing upon credit of the Regional” =” District, a sum not exceeding $60,000.00 for ~~ inancing the operationa! costs and -providing;. to the Thornhill Community 8 estimated.to. : ‘Take notice. that the above isa synopsis of a by-law that may be inspected at the Regionai District Office, No. 924644. Lazeile Avenue, The poll-will be conducted at: “Thornhill Elementary School On the 16th day of November, 197 "aim, and 8:00 p.m. ay RAY PARFITT — RETURNING ‘OFFICER ‘ : Terrace, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and'is — not to be deemed an Interpretation of the by-jaw.: vi 4, between the hours of 8:00 our MP. &