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SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW

Wednesday, December 8, 1965

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Rest. Haven: “Hospital administra-_

By reception when ‘he: addressed: ‘some

«5200 ratepayers in “North Saanich

Los secondary °
“subject: of"

SMa, Bradley: ‘explained. the need

for: hospital construction ‘anid* asked

»:, the. meeting. ‘to support the ester
endum on Saturday. °

‘tor T, J.:Bradley met with a mixed’

“or the. provision of v arious ‘hospitals

‘to: cater: toa’ wide’ area. does: not

‘mean. government’ control, explained |

the administrator..

school last. week on the’)
: : “every area in- BC: except. Victoria

and Vancouver have" established: hos-

‘The’ administrator . ‘ éxplained “that.

pital. districts, where “the: cost’ of
hospital construction ‘is borne ‘by
local contributions to” meet ithe

» The régional planning of hospitals; | grants. of. the senior. governments.

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North Saanich Meeting Shows Litt
pital Program To Be Votec

local fun’. provincial. grants ‘and
federal .- government ... grants,
pectin was.told when. Mr. Bradley
had completed his summary.

~The ‘province provides 50 per cent
of .the cost, ‘the. federal government
-$2,000 per bed. or ‘about nine: per cent
and the local community finds the
remaining 40. per cent or there-

‘| abouts.

A spokesman from the floor sug-
gested that any provision for a vote
which excluded tenants was’ un
democratic. R. J. Baird, assistant
deputy minister of municipal af-
fairs, explained that ‘this practice
was carried: out across the country.

Mr. Baird also explained that the
three per cent. ‘sales tax wwas_intro-
duced for welfare and municipal aid
costs: _The two per cent was later
implemented. to take the place of
premium payments: for hospital 1 in-
surance. ;

“Tt wa s Hiovex intended to’ mect’

‘gonsteuction costs of hospitals,” he

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asserted

‘Why “should ‘the: taxpayers be re-
quired to piy ‘35 per. cent of the total
cost, ‘asked .a: questioner. from - the
floor, “‘Are they. ‘not “also mecting
the remaining 65 per cent?’’

It would ‘be: more equitable if the
province carried ‘the: entire’ burden,
the meeting was told..:

Called: ‘by. the joint. council of North
Saanich... Ratepayers .° Association,
the meeting | was: chaired by ‘Reeve
A. B. -Nash. Among: the panel’ of
speakers. were. Hugh ‘Stephen,. Mr.
Baird, “Mr... Bradley: and Richard
Thuillier.”: cape ot :
REFUTED : we "lie
: ~ Suggestion, ‘from the floor that the
provincial -government Would pro-
‘vide services :in the event of the fail-
ure ‘of: the vote: Was refuted by. Mr..

2 Stephen.

“To “have: us. ‘vote’. this dowai “and:
then. expect: ‘the. provincial : govern-

pleaded. “SMiost of BiG. is already.
covered: by this: provision."*:

the “government will simply. ask: what
the. area P’ ‘ans. to. do. he added.

Hospitals are constructed. out. of

the.

“ment: to-step “in is~ not~ logical, “he

It the’: community: ‘turns. it. dow

e Favor To

in This Week

government for” a’ change’ in the
method of-raising money.”: :

He: was supported in. ‘part by
Reeve ‘Nash.

stated.

The . reeve continued to “suggest
that the government is placing the
question to demand that. the com-
munity continue © collecting : money
for hospitats in ‘this manner: or do
without. hospitals.

“We are being threatened,’ as-
Drive.

Property was originally taxed for
services rendered to that property,
he stated. Roads,: police and ° fire
were among -the ‘services charged
to land, said Mr. George.

“We are now: paying for almost
everything through. proper ty taxes,”
he continued.

He called fora ‘change and iinged

a protest against: the system.
PLANNING -FOR YEARS :
“Mr, Baird suggested that: the. hos--
pital planning» would. not. be com-
p'eted ‘within several years. .His de-
partment. is: forcing » ‘hospitals © on
nobody, ‘he -said, the problem . of
beds-in local hospitals was brought
up by local people. Ss

The ‘local board would not at any
time in the future give money to hos-
pitals unless its members were con-
vineed that the need was there, add-
ed Mr. Baird. | ©

‘Basic problem, stated Reg. Payne,
is ‘that. of. where. the money comes
from.

“T will gladly pay vit -by income
|} tax or ‘any other’ equitable tax,” he.

of told ‘the meeting.

After a’ desultory discussion’ of
‘parks, S..R. Gibbs olfered his own
summary. oo
He observed | that’ ‘the. gropised
{library and parks. would take ‘half of
the ‘all otment . sought: for’ hospitals.”
The: ‘meeting . was. -not--a® forum “on,
‘taxation; he» reminded. his - fellow
ratepayers. Z :
* {Don’t |: think we. ean afford ° to
' juggle: with: people’ S ‘health: for. the’
sake. of “an: abstract question,’ he?
[aimed TE you:, want: to’ argue’ tax:
ation. do so at a: public School méet=:

\ kid. you...
“You: cannot dens: the need, ” he

serted R. B: George, of Madvon,

‘distance -- than’ the
they. are “quite. melodious, he - said:
ranging:

DON'T BE FOO. LED.

Tubular e

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“Don’t let’. those. bells in- St. Ans
drew’s.. Anglican..Church in Sidney |
: That's
you ‘have’ been hearing lately.
. Mrs. J.. Ramsay of the Blue Water
Apartments. had. the. recorder. and
amplifiers installed’ at. the church
two weeks ago in memory of. her
husband who was a warden at the
church for many. years. —

“The old -tubular bells .are | still
hanging in the belfry but they are
inoperable and ‘will not be caLing
the faithful to worship any more.
TWO SPEAKERS

Installation of the new equipment
two weeks ago was. supervised by
T. G. Ludgate, 8624 Ebor Terrace.

are now in the belfrey, one facing
north, the other. west. .They are
connected to. the tape’ recorder’ in
the vestry below. Judging from the
volume’ at the source, -Mr..Ludgiate

now “be heard ° over a. mucha greater.
oll. bells. And

~The -old tubular belts,
from five to eight feet long, were
made in Coventry, England, in the
last century and were first hung in
the first Christ Church Cathedral in
Victoria. The bells: came to’ the
Sidney church when the cathedral
was destroyed.

With constant banging in one spot,
the tone of the-bells has suffered
and the large, “wooden hammers
have. become badly worn.
placements are: possible .as ‘the com-
pany which “manufactured them

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Sanscha | Hall I
- Still Available. for.

a: tape recording.

Mr. Liidgate said two loudspeakers:

thinks the*sound’of the chimes will

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weekly job. of ringing. the old bells.

The 79-year-old Sidney campanolo-
jgist was in charge of St. Andrew's
bells: for the last 10 years but. lately
he has. found. it ‘difficult to find
someone to carry on. :

-It- was just Jast August ‘that Ny
Kirk told The Review: “It. books a
though the: next bellringer will have ||
to ‘be electronic.” » ;

At present, Mr. : Ludgate said there
is only one recording of bells at the
church. However, - additional! tapes. :
will- be gradually acquired,

Vay To

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