'

; men’s summer tops In V navy, sizes smalito X- -.mi, year guarantee. 'eg or beot-cut, : pre- =
consectitive month that food neck, crew neck and large. Regularly $46.50 washed “denim. ; no
prices aye shown such a collared styles, wide Only - : “Seconds” in Wimited- = [|r
large increase. _mesartmant ef colours ? 7 . 4 7 _ see i .

Also adding to the mon- and patterns, broken . $ 9S a _ $3 4 , .
 thly increase in prices were | a9 Were $10.98 tone : $1. 4 97 .

' higher housing charges, ~ 2 :
‘increased tobacco and * Te e “ Ladies’ Lee leans, ‘
alcohol prices and higher’. 3. 97, to $10: 97  K-Way style nylon -- Men’s. work hoots,, regular and stretch
transportation costs, = | Menri's paly- cotton .. jackets. . the famous. ‘assorted ‘Styles. (may denim, clean-front and.

‘Pushing up food costs. .. Western shirts, assorted - _lacket that folds‘Into a. vary. from. ‘store to’ Spocket styles, sizes 5
Were higher prices for freah ‘solid. cqtours, sizes. “Pouch: . ; /., Store), Soft toe and’ 15. “
vegetables, most notably: - . small to X-large. - Only _ “Safety toe, broken | sizes, Now

Cyclists and!

Att

SS NANCOUVER (CP) — sigh pits rico Ca the

fnateintiatcopsenc ss,
cele ar aing cyl tpt Wor, ered
Whale new net of traffic probjems. a,

“se ts virtually impeasibie t ta ‘tall toa ‘factor:
“driver. without getting a barrage of stories 4
“misses with bikers or traffictieups, =~

] _ The freamenily expressed ¢ critielam Is “they: wait al the :

Bureaucrats paid more?

_ OTTAWA (CP) — Upper-echelon bureaucrats will get a
» break from the government's wage controls because of a
” merit: “pay system that will allow them additional wage

; increases of up to 18 per cent.a year, Progressive Cau-

. : servatives charged Monday. °

«price. in the food baskets.

deceptive,

a or

. for potatoes and tomatoes, - - oe
~ goupled with Increased

"food prices was the Ontario. ~~

. ‘retail tax to low-priced and *.
carry-out meals,

- Ontario ‘and Manitoba all’.
. contributed. increases - in

0.7 per cent. during: the --'

--Linterest rate policy.

' prices should he coming

. riding - Kamloops-Sushwap

. ates pet coht ober Mot Veet! wie ata '

_, Fesult of .
.. policy,” he said,

_ that part of the food prica
’_, increaseis due to the drop in --

- Sweet sald adding he still

* about 11 per cent this year ~.

Treasury Board President Donald Jobnaton denied that

“the 7,80 senior public servants eligible for the merit pay,

) : Will be governed by special circumstances during the tw.
“year federal restraint program. ©.

But Conservatives Flora MacDonald, David Crombie and |
* Walter Baker leaped on the merit-pay system ag another
- dmeaalty in the program that limits public, service wage

ri,

7 ... from page 1

‘Prices increased

going bankrupt because of - equalling 100, was 268.4 ‘in
the government's high June, up from 260.8 in May
and 234.8 in June 1961; That
means a standard basket of
goods and services which
cost $100 in 1971 cost $263.40
last month. .

“When farmers go out of
“Business their production
“goes down ‘and - when.

production goes down the

During the month prices
Fose in all cities surveyed.
The increases ranged from
0.3 per cent In Saint John,

goes up.” -
‘Nelson Ris, New
Democratic Party finance
critic, calted the. slowdown
in the annual inflatigh rate -
‘ Toronto.
~ Food prices juniped 22
-per vent during the month,a .
time of the year when food

‘Since June, 1981, price.
increases have ranged from
8.2 per cent in Winnipeg to

-down, the MP from the B.C, ' 18.0 per cent in ‘Calgary,

motori

” “nat permitted to ride two or more abreast, ‘and Taust ‘ride _
_ “ag near as practicable to the Fit hand ide of the road- a
way. id :

Bee LG. Baticock w tlie ‘ty police accident i

N.B., to 1.3 per cent in

=

Fesponaibilides of either.’” tT
‘SHO ond nomi Ga 3 an;

tor bth

‘traffic section of the B:'C. counci}, hiktert
defend cyctiata ‘as responsible, sale part
corimuting traffic...
The Motor Vehicles: ‘Acti ‘and aly bylave that 3. oyets
“must obey exactly the same rules gs i motorist; ‘They art

‘ theriiselvex

" yeatigatloa squad ia critical of bikers wha seem to feel that

signs, red lights, and the need to signal turns and lane

changes don’t any’ to > them.

tpaints of the:

sta | need better education

rotigas {ots motor and pedestrians, and hone ote But there are algns. thai cyclists are edborioa to the. riley!

of the-read, The number of accidents and: injuries have,

éoordina eee om the pak of four oF fie care ra .
bicycle safety prograin, and HowielHickeh; manager of the yeara ago ane

Batteock. oF

“ks
i of the. ratte. énforceinent stction,
says, ‘every. effort is nade to enforce the law, and ‘cyclists
are'-Ucketed, just ed’ motgrists’ are, when.a. violitlon ia

it cannot posaibly frostrate the motorist by” stowing him

i down, he. BAYB.

fos

; increases to six and fve par cent ding the vent. wo years. ;
-The inequity makes a’ mockery of the wage control

Program, MacDonald told reporters after raising the Issue

‘at the Commons committee on miscellaneous estimates an

it began detailed studied of the legislation that will make
the plan law,.. -
* Johnston, who iz reaponalble for the public iervice, said
the wage controla apply only to the basic wage rate of public
' servants and that the same Bix-per-cent limit applies to
. salaries of low-and high-paid public servants, -
But MacDonald, MP for Kingston and the Islands, said
the merit-pay system means some bureaucrats will be able
to get wage increases of up to 21 per cent during thre next

" year, — Ib-per-cent, merit pay on iop of the six-per-cent

__ limit.

Baker, Tory Treasury Board eritle, said there is no
* similar meritpay systema for workéra not in the upper
~ echelon. :

‘Several MPs at the committee eipressed support for the
thrust of the restraint program, but there were erlticisms
from.all parties,

Liberal MP Hal. Herbert-said the government is not going
to win public acceptance of wage controls unless it also’

controls price increases by government departments and _

corporations, such as Air Canada and the post office:
‘The government is going to have to come down with a’

hard statement soon whether it likes it or not, said Herbert,

MP for the Montreal riding-of Vaudrewll.
Johnston said he agrees but can't say more because the

government is; still working on details of its policy in this .

area,

“Where's the rest of the assault?” asked John Gamble, .

Conservative MP for York North:

If the government won’t give an absolute | assurance that!

it will restrict its own gluttonous appetite, the proposed

wage control cystem — intended:as an example to other -

governments and the private sector —
said.

will. collapse,. he

~ Both Dixon and Battock agree that there is. considerable ,

"danger inherent in these highly sophisticated bieyeles, Such
a bicycle may, be.able to virtually stop on a dime, but the.

rider can't. Some nasty injuries result by landing on his
head, or getting had cement‘or gravel burns on legs, face.
and arms.

Moat bikers agree. that ideally a biker should wear a

helmet, iong,-sturdy trousers, and long sleeves ‘for’

protection, On strictly recreational rides in park areas, of

special trails, skimpler attire such as shorts and T-thirt Is * |

acceptable.
It has been suggested ‘that one solution to the ongolng

' problem would be to license bicycle riders In the same way

that motorists. and motoreyclists must have an operating
license,

Both police and safety council offiedals throw up thelr.

hands at such a suggestion,
Parents should take the responsibility of instructing their.

- bike-riding children on. the rules of the road, they say, and
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= “and ‘two other sectors
that really dragged the
Hiex apne ee rateays ven uy

madest GE Jt
eoeuduude
and energy at’ 18.1 per cent a
over last year..

: “These two are the ‘direct
government

Royal Bank economist :
Earl Sweet said it appears

the value of the dollar which
‘has pushed up prices of
imported. fooda.

~ He also noted that a lot of
the inerease in ‘overall
prices is in government -
regulated: areas, adding -
that it will-help if Ottawa: 1s
able to carry through on ‘its
budget promise to reduce
prices under its jurisdiction.

The increase in’ food
prices is disconcerting,

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gradually ‘and average.

and 8.5 per cent in 1983..
Statistica Canada said the
jump in food prices during
the month, accounted: ‘for
half the over-all increase in

‘Some of the incredible values 7

“Our: entire. stock of

Harvey Woods men! st.

Aladdin stalniess steel

prices, It was the second

” Stanflelds and Torrez

shirts, grey, blue and

vacuum thermos,.

Lee and GWG jeans, 5-

950 pockel - style, straight-

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noted, They don’t requird drivers’ licenses on which pointy
“could be recorded: §9' they. face a fine ranging from #15, to ae
$90: for violations,” : ty
oo. Cyclists dén't ridcebaarily slow’ down: traffic: ‘particularly mos
with the faster '10-speed and’ AS-epeed bikes, says Dixon: ©
“Thavechcked a bicyle golng through Stantey Park at 5
‘kilometres an hour — that's 15 iilometes over the speed
‘limit. Yes,-he got a theket.’’ - :
.- On the average, rush hour trattic in Vancouver only” .
ineves at 17 Kllometres an hour, 30 a cyclist in the middle of

oo ree ‘cousumer price in
dex, based on 1971, prices —

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‘prices for beet ‘and pork” :
cuts. *

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