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Page 16, The Herald, Friday, November 17, 1978

MANCHESTER,
England (CP) — Three
Appeal Court judges have
Ttuled that if an English-
man’s garden fence casts
a shadow on his neigh-
bor’s greenhouse the
neighbor can sue him for
cutting off the sunlight.

“This means that your
neighbor's unripe
tomatoes are legally
entitled to their place in
the sun," a court
spokesman says.

In a test case under
England’s ancient lights
laws, the judges ruled
that a householder is
entitled not only to sul-
ficient daylight in his
house for domestic
purposes, but to sunlight
in his greenhouse as well,

They decreed that

Hubert Allen and his wife
Marjorie of Rochdale,
Manchester, could stop
their neighbors, Tyrrell
and Lilian Greenwood,
obstructing light by
means of a high fence.

The appeal judges
overruled a lower court
ruling that the Allens
could not claim for loss of
sunlight, The lower court
judge found that although
the Greenwoods had been
“exceedingly un-
neighborly,’ they could
not be sued.

Ruling that the
Greenwoods could be
sued, Lord Justice Goff
observed;

“It seems an absurd
conclusion to hold that a
person is entitled to
enough light to read a

book ina greenhouse, bul
is stopped from bringing
an action for nuisance if
he goes to pot up plants
that won't grow and pick
fruit that won't ripen.”

Lord Justice Goff said
the Allens moved into
their detached house in
Rochdale in 1954. The
greenhouse had been
there ever since. The
Greenwoads moved in
next door in 1966 and in
1974 they put up a high,
closeboarded fence, The
result was that half the
greenhouse got no
sunlight at all.

He found that, in law,
the greenhouse was
clearly a building to
which access of light ap-
plied under the 1832 Pre-
scription Act. The Allens .

Englishman’s sunshine is
sacred, or so court rules

therefore were entitled to
stop the Greenwoods
from obstructing light.

The appeal was allowed
with costs and the Allens
were awarded &100 ($200)
damages. The Green-
woods gave undertakings
to remove or reduce: the
fence.

Lord Justice. Buckley
refused the Greenwoods
leave to appeal to the
House of Lords in London.

“If this case goes to the
Lords, the greenhouse is
going to be a very ex-
pensive hobby for Mr, and
Mrs. Allen."

Outside the court, Allen
said: ‘'l brought the
action as a matter of
principle. It is a great le-
gal victory for gar-
deners.”

There is a need for programming
for pre and junior-teen watchers

other CBC sources indicate it
is likely the program day
will be cut back starting
early in 1979, possibly with
the network not going on the

TORONTO (CP) — Dodi
Robb, new head of children’s
programming for the CBC-
TV English network, says
shows must be developed to
attract the pre-teen and
junior teens audience.

“Our pre-schoolers are
pretty well served with The
Friendly Giant, Sesame

‘Street, and Mr. Dressup,"

the broadcaster and author
of children's plays said in an
interview.

“But we haven't enough
for the six-to 12-year-olds

and the early teens. We've
found that children start
watching adult shows at the
age of seven or eight, and
one survey found that the
most popular show among
children eight to 12 is Love
Boat.”

What children get from
such adult shows is complete
escapism and an altogether
falseimpression of life. What
Miss Robb seeks in new
children’s programs is not
serious education, but
relaxing shows emphasizing

love of nature and a sense of
compassion and humanity.

Miss Robb, who developed
the consumer program
Marketplace early in the
1970s and was its executive
producer until 1977, doesn’t
expect to jump into making
major changes in the area of
children’s programs.

She spoke of having a
fallow year that may he
forced upon her by CBC
budget cuts. While she said
no decision has been taken,

LONDON (CP) — The
motorist soon will be able
to monitor the road-
worthiness of his car as
soon as he steps inside

and switches on the
ignition.
On his = instrument

panel, he will receive an
aulomatie _ electronic
display showing oil and
other fluid levels, brake
pad and lining wear, wire
pressures and lamp
failure.

This vehicle condition
monitoring system is one

part of a package of
electronic vehicle -
management systems,

IN YOUR CAR

Computerized check up

which Britain's Lucas
Industries belleves could
revolutionize motoring in
the next 20 years.

Lucas says the system
could make its debut in
the “amily car by the
early 19903. But that is
only the tip of an elec-
tronic iceberg.

“Engine management”
is a term colned by Lucas
to describe systems
which control and
monitor the operation of
ignition and fuelling for
internal combustion
engines.

Most of today's patrol
engines have a

management system us-
ing a mechanical contact
breaker, distributor and
carburetor.

Although inexpensive,
these systems are
relatively inefficient,
giving poor fuel economy
and a high level of
exhaust gas pollution.
Furthermore, 45
mechanical components
wear out, the inefficiency
increases. ,

These mechanical
systems are already
being gradually replaced
by electronically con-
trolled ignition and fuel
injection systems.

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Miss Rebb writes books
and plays for children as a
pastime, and said she ex-
pects to continue to write in
her executive position. She
will be searching, mean-
while, for new writers for
children’s programs as part

of her new job.

Tf all goes well with the
CBC budget, Miss Robb said
she would like to see an hour
or more a day, in the [ate

afternoons,

devoted to

programs for the six-to-12

set.

Such programs could
include Rainbow Country
and The Beachcombers,
already on CBCTV, and new
programs which might also
be sold internationally to
other networks. The Beach-
combers has become one of

biggest
sellers.

foreign

Miss Robb said it is a
misconception to think that
writing for children is easy.
In live theatre, it is more
difficult to hold the attention
of a junior audience than

adults.

The same principle, she
says, applies to television
programs. Young people are
tar more imaginative, quick
to grasp ideas, and quicker
to show their discontent than

adults.

Inventing a costly hobby

BREMERTO, Wash,
(AP) — It’s back to the
drawing board for the in-
ventor of an experimental
sailboat with winglike sails,
after the mast on his
trimaran broke at the end of
a windy trip.

“A year's work and $2,000
down the tube,"" says Monte
Kimball, who designed the
unusual trimaran, The
threehuiled boat, dubbed the
Marymont, had hard sails
that Kimball says should be
more efficient than the
standard cloth variety.

The retired machinist and
toolmaker wanted to move
the vessel from ils an-
chorage in Sinclair Inlet,

“with the help of a friend and

a 30-foot power boat.

But the wind was loo
strong, so the boats, lashed
to one another, set off
powered by the sails on
Kimball's trimaran.

Kimbali says the sails

worked perfectly, but a

problem developed when the
boats, propelled by wind
gusts of about 35 knots,

arrived al a Port Orchard
dock. ;

“The weight of his baal
against the Marymonl was
too much, ] guess,"" Kimball
says. "We hit the dock pretty
hard, — think that's what
weakened th mast,”

1t broke off al a hinge and
he says it can't be repaired.

“I'm nol going to give up,”
he says. “I'll take a while
but I'm gonna ry ‘er again.”

- Kimball says the

trimaran’s sails, in a high
wind, should work like a
weathercack,

“Accarding, to an
aeronautical engineer 1
talked to, they are supposed
tobe 1.7 to 1.9 per cent more —
efficient.”

The big advantage, he
says, is that one man should —
be able to handle the
trimaran, which is 41 feet
long and 24 feet wide,

Kimball! and his wife,
Mary, bought the hulls in an
unfinished state, and have
spent five years building the
boat. He spent about a year
on the sails, plywood-and-
glass-fibre affairs

when

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DAMAGE
ASSESSMEN

Northwest and Central B.C., Skeena, Nass, Kitimat,
Kispiox River Valleys - Queen Charlottes - Port Hardy

YOUR PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT 1S DESIROUS OF SURVEYING AND
DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF LOSS AND DAMAGE TO PROPERTY OF
INDIVIDUALS AND SMALL BUSINESSES AFFECTED BY FLOOD

OCCURRING OCT. 31 - NOV. 7, 1978

The areas to be assessed are those within the boundaries approved by the Federal-
Provincial Joint Committee as follows:-

Following a line due east from Stewart (The International Boundary) to a point
directly north of North Bulkley (6 miles east of Houston) then proceeding ina straight |
line south tea location parailel toa point 10 miles south of Port Hardy and proceeding
in a westerly direction to the west of Vancouver Island and then north, encompassing
the Queen Charlotte Islands and then proceeding east and north following the United
States-Canada boundary up the Pearse Canal and Portland Canal to Stewart, B.C.

Damage will be assessed by members of the Canadian Independent Adjusters
Conference, appointed by the government to carry out this service. The results of
their assessment on completion will be submitled to the Provincial Government for
consideration.

Individuals who wish to have their flood damage appraised are notified that all
requests for assessment must be submitted by November 30th, 1978 on forms
available from and returnable to local assessment office at 3219 Eby St., Terrace,
B.C,, phone 635-7104 Claim forms are also available at your local Government Agency

CANADIAN INDEPENDENT ADJUSTERS CONFERENCE

185 - 6450 Roberts St., Burnaby, B.C. V5G 4E1

It is imperative that requests for assessment forms be obtained without delay,
completed In detail and returned promptly to facilitate early examination. of
damages. Along with these forms related insurance policies, lax notices, proof of
ownership and detailed lists of items damaged or destroyed will be required.

Those seeking assistance are further advised it Is advantageous to salvage and
conduct whatever emergency cleaning and repairs necessary to reduce their loss.
Details pertaining to the above to be listed and held for examination by assessors
nal inspections are conducted.

Claim forms available at your local Government Agency.

Phone 284-3748

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