Island

By V. VICTOR

BI-VALVE BIOGRAPHY: The
Island Oyster industry, no small
enterprise, is up in arms over
an official statement concerning
an American complaint which
almost tied the industry up last
week, Oysters in the Nanaimo
area get a clean bill of health,
there are no leased beds in the
vicinity, but Ladysmith and the
North central area are supposed
to be contaminated, These days
of political intrigue cause the
populace to wonder what is be-
hind the announcement for there
is absolutely nothing wrong with
Island oysters,

The last time this type of story
was circulated a large. machine
capable of harvesting hundreds
of tons of oysters a week was
kept busy for six weeks gathering
contaminated oysters presum-
ably to place them in clean waters
for use later, It will be interest-
ing to learn which fish packing
company will have that privilege
this time,

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RAG RAMPAGE: The local rag,
that ultra-right, Maple Leaf flag
dériding excuse for anewspaper,.
had the temerity to smoothly
raise the monthly cost to the
householder by 20 percent; It
was done by the simple process
of collecting every two weeks
rather than once each month, It
duesn’t seem to be a lot of money
-but in the course of 12 months
it means better than twelve thous-
and dollars into the Thompson
coffers, and that is more than
thie local rag is worth, editor and
alll.

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FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE:
Stupich, NDP member for Nanai-
mo and the Islands, will continue
to. attempt sagacious remarks,
The latest concerning the Socred
minicare-medicare, He says it

its good points and is better
than nothing, The fact being it is
nothing and Dave well knows this,
The day this politician realizes
he cannot win Socred votes by any
method and that he does lose
Socialist votes by his present
method, that will be the day when
he will collect a far more com-
fortable majority than he did in

the last election,
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HIGHWAY HYSTERIA: Island
highways are becoming over-
crowded just as highways else-
where, On the Island heavy-duty
trucking is a highly competitive
business which in turn makes for
price cutting on hauling con-
tracts, Fleet owners force a tight
schedule on drivers and drivers
seem forced to resort to exces-
sive speed, It is quite common
to be cruising at posted speeds
and have a 20-ton load of lumber
overtake and pass,

Seldom are these truckers
charged with violating speed
limits, Passenger buses being by
far the worst offenders to which
the horsemen have a blind spot,
Not so if there are any young
people involved in traffic or
drinking offences,

Alberni, Duncan and Courtenay
courts have a field day convicting
young people of minor charges,
Lawlessness should not be con-
doned but it would appear that a
speeding truck is as great a
danger to the public safety as a
speeding punk in a car,

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_ TANSY RAGWORT: The name
of a weed now flourishing in parts
of the Island, Ragwort is deadly
poison to cattle and horses wheth-
er green or dry as in hay, In one
area with a cattle population of
approximately 150 head there has
been a loss of 40 beasts attrib-
uted to Tansy Ragwort,

The unfortunate part is that
the weed can overrun a district
in two or three years, Each plant
bears thousands of tiny seeds
with a high germination rate and
the plant will grow in any type of
soil. Much more will be heard
of this scourge in the next couple
years, As an example, one small
rancher in South Wellington with
30 head of beef cattle lost 11 of
them in that many months, and
that is serious proportions,

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U.S. Vietnam action hit

A very successful International
Women’s Day celebration was
held in Duncan Sunday afternoon,
with guest speaker Mrs. Dorothy
Steeves, She spoke against the
brutality toward the Negroes and
civil rights workers in Alabma
and also against American con-
tinuation of the war in Viet Nam,
In dealing with the issues of the
Negroes and Viet Nam, she said
in her opinion President Johnson
was a weak, stupid, good time
Charley! She denounced .our
government’s weak-kneed sup-
port of U.S, policies in Viet Nam,

In our society, she said, we now
have the means of creating plenty

not only for ourselves but for:
people all over the world, and the -

time is long past when we need
to have wars for these things,

Too many women in our so-
called affluent society, she said,
have become complacent and
think only about their children
and their husbands. They do not

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