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Wednesday, September 2, 1970

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BY ED GOULD

The ~ world’s largest
“country” rose out of the Sea
today.

The instant nation was
confirmed at a news con-°
ference aboard a «sailing
vessel in Victoria’s Inner -
‘Harbour by Jeremy Hewett,
who said he represented The
Citizens Of The Sea.

Hewett said copies of .a
manifesto declaring the
existence of the new country -
‘which has been here since
the planet Earth was born”’ -
had been mailed to United
Nations secretary general. U
Thant and secretaries of state
in many countries.

He said the news conference
and. the arrival earlier at
Smuggler’s Cove at Ten Mile
Point of a flag-bearing Citizen
Of The Sea was to get across
the general philosophy of the
. new country.

Equal. status with iand
countries will be sought at the.
UN and COS also will join the
International Monetary Fund.
‘After all, we have about
$6, 250, 000, 000 in liquid
currency, of course.’

' Hewett said landsmen ‘had
demonstrated they were in- ~
capable of looking after their. | .
‘own resources and were now -
‘threatening the sea, “‘so it Was
‘time’ to declare. our.”
: sovereignty.” a oe
He ‘continued: “Wwe have,
however, no intentions of —

~<. stopping” legitimate. trade or: -

recreation on the sea, but we —
: inten: to. tax, ‘the. ‘pumpers of :

“more aware ‘than landsmen of

NEW COUNTRY HAS FLAG, PASSPORT -- TELLS UNITED NATIONS OF INTENT

waters. and international
waters are the creation of
landsmen and. have no
relevance to the Citizens Of
The Sea.”

Except with. COS consent,
the right and power of. land-
smen “‘to legisiate, adjudicate
or otherwsie control” any
matters to do with the Sea and
its bed is hereby denied and
rejected, the passport says.

It says COS do not wish to
restrict access of landsmen.to

the Sea and hope their citizens
will be accorded similar
privileges on land.

An attempt will be made to
use the passports to cross
International frontiers
everywhere,’ Hewett said.
Border guards would be asked
to stamp’ them like regular
passports.

The COS would not become
a pressure group, politically--
aligned, nationally-affiliated
or ‘‘even too serious.”

This is meant to be part-
Spoof, part-serious.’’ He also
rejected in advance any at-
tempt. to make him Head
Citizen or any such individual.

“COS has no heads, There is
no government, I-am only a
representative. We are all
equal, “so. be your own
autocrat. We have no power.
Just lots of money.”

He. explained that cos

controlled the total resources

of the sea, “the wealthiest

institution on earth.’’ Unlike
the gold in Fort Knox, the gold
was limitless and ‘very
liquid.”

Furthermore, it is saferthan

being locked up. Nobody can
steal it-all.”’
. Just for the record, Hewett,
35, described himself. as
“retired” with a wife, three
children and a 32-foot sloop.
He lives at Ten Mile Point in a
modest home and is . only
‘firing the first shot’ in what
he hopes will be a fusilade that
will be heard around the
‘world.

All money raised through
sales of the passports will. be
placed in:a trust fund to be

*. administered ‘by two. in-. [.
-: dividuals whose names are.to::

be released later.
It will be used. “in defense of

- - the Sea’ and the organization. -}-

will become a ‘non-profit
organization to fulfill land
government. legal
requirements. —

“However, if the govern-

“oo ment tries to tax our. profits,”

we'll declare ourselves a’

* religion, the greatest non-tax-

- paying racket in the world.’’

Hewett said COS will reject |
«the landsmen's. claim of 12-—

mile limits on: the Sea and. if

‘they persist ‘tin this folly”” will

impose the same standards on

S “By. taking ‘measurements.
ee up navigabl rivers we ‘should mo

the dangers of polluting the sea™:
or depleting. it of its precious
--pesources, 0 .
“4 persons whohas bounced -
around the sea is more sen-: |:
sible; more respectful. He has

vironment, ‘rather than try to
"defeat it. Be S
Most politicians, you: will,
mote, seem to be. landlocked S

In an ‘interview. before the “|
“news conference, Hewett —
showed a. passport. to this.
reporter which was a replica ’
“of, most. passports ‘except it”
was made out to Citizens Of.
> The Sea and ‘contained’ this: :
information: “A. Citizen: OF:
The Sea is’ a. free agent:
' devoted to the return to sanity
of human affairs”...
~The blue-covered document
stated that the. ‘whole sea. is
cour home up to low tide level
and terms such as territorial

yt
é ‘ ove i
1

“Island Director,
that the public hearing could be
Monday,
Copies of... the
bylaw will be made available to
interesied persons and maps of
the proposed zoning — will, be
.| displayed before the public:
hearing. ;
oo Mit. Holmes Said’ ‘that this. is.
“an historic slap after: 120 years.
“of. settlement » and: rapid, Ute
‘controlled development. - os

held. at.
September 14,

Directors of

M.H.

Ganges on

80 PERCENT IN FAVOR :

“Repeated » tests of “public

“opinion show that 80 per cent of»
Salt Spring Island residents are».
“in, favor of land: control’ he
“atated. maintaining that there is
no alternative to zoning IT. the.

“character of the island is to Ge...
maintained: °

' the “capital |
Regional District. Board “have |
given two readings to*the Salt.
Spring Island zoning bylaw. The

“final reading will be subsequent

to a public hearing.
Holmes, Salt: Spring
told ‘the Board

‘geasonial” cottages: and | ‘also
‘stipulates
violations, Extreme penalties | .
range to a fine of $550 ana costs,
Or, imprisonment up to 60 days. It
-is-also written in that each day
~ during: which’ a violation is
continued shall be considered al
“new and separate offence.

penalties ve

WIDE COVERAGE |
Regulations include:.many

situations; for example, signs or

notice boards for schools,
churches. or . similar. buildings

" shall not exceed 12 square feet in
area. Anyone renting or selling a»
‘house will be able to post one.
notice only, which may ‘not eX-

ceed, two square feet,

It is provided ‘that induseriat: |

buildings on any one site shall not

cover more than 33 per cent of the

parcel of land on which they are
located, Neither will a building be
allowed to exceed 26 feet. or two

- _ sloreys in height,

oh the, water: ‘zone LY private

“Continued on Page 10

for |.

‘REGRETTABLE

LACK OF

HARMONY

“Musical ajudication not

“being one of its” obvious”
responsibilities, ” the Capital:
“Region Board on Wednesday |
discussed but did not'resolvpa
complaint from Pender Island :

that told of a regrettable
‘of harmony, 7

cat was revealed that. Miss E,
ow. Hoffman and A.W, ©
~ Chapman live either side of ar ae
“who
_moved in recently with their.

“Hippy ‘and: his. wife",
small child and a hig dog..The

houses are close. together.

* Acvording to the complaint,

the family was joined later by

‘two men and a: woman with
two, big dogs and. three pup:
ples. ;

household have formed a band

and practice atvany odd hour
“during: the day or evening in

an old woodshed behind the
house. “Instruments |

Continued on Page ge

Atis said that t the men of the.

inelude
» electric ‘guitars, banjo, drums
‘and. cymbals, complete with.
electric amplifier, -
. Mass Hoffmann complained

that the strong vibrations of
-gound waves made her jittery

Tavish-
Kobierski vehicle was making a
-| deft turn Into a: private driveway
when!
Thomas car. No Shares have

Four Hurt oy
\In One- Mer, |
| Car. Crash |

‘Police are’ investigating | a

: crash on’ McTavish Road which ||.
almost, demolished: two ‘cars.and |}
“sent? four people to: hospital on

& Monday afternoon, ee ore

“still in ‘Rest Haven Hospital 2 are

the driver of one car, Mrs. Ruth
8620 East.
Saanich Road and. her daughter ;.
suffered. a
and’ her.
‘daughter, head injuries,

Amelia Kobierski,.

Mrs: Kobierski
fractured . pelvis:

Driver of the other vehicle,

Robert Wayne Thomas of 3818
Island “View  Boad, was
discharged after treatment for
facial abrasions and. his

passenger, Casey. Walt of Cor
dova Bay was taken to Royal:
‘Jubilee: Hospital .
recelved emergency: treatment

for: Jacerations,

R, CM, P, say: that both cars
were proceeding: weston Mc.
Road and that the

‘dt was. struck by. the

been laid,

Fights ‘not worth arguing
over” such as the Arab-Israeli
war would be ended simply by
paving off the country’s
national debts and. then
‘discharging their. govern-
ments.”

He hoped there would be

- legal challenges to therright of
- COS because ‘‘a wetsuit at the

Hague defending. our: rights

would cause a real stink and
be the best thing that ever
happened to our cause,”’

He said one of ‘the im-
mediate plans would be to set
up. consulates. in all jand’
countries. “We will pay a
student or unemployed person
$1.25 an hour to become officer
in charge of Uruguayan. af-
fairs, for example.”

Who can become a Citizen

Of The Sea? ‘Anyone who has

a legitimate right to be on the
Sea, honors her bed and keeps
her free’’ — and pays $7.50 for
the. passport - payabie to
Citizens Of The Sea, c/o Box
5052 B.. Victoria.

““With compassion, . humor,
common sense. and limitless .
wealth. we. go.-forward,’’'
Hewett said. The era of land.
smen is at an end. They’ve had
it too good for too ‘long. >

“‘Landsmen - go home!"

AN EDITORIAL .

festival. -

: success. : oa

where he

: vs eo. : e...
Saanich Fair
For the 102nd. successive year Saanich Fair.
will be the prime attraction at the Labor ‘Day
weekend for thousands of holidaymakers from -
near and far. Proud to be the oldest established
_ Fair west of the Great Lakes, the annual event i is
». firm in the affections of ‘the people of Saanich,
~~ the Peninsula, and of the many who travel a
greater, distance to. enjoy. the three day i rural

oA century and1 more ago. the Fair gave pioneers.
the opportunity. to exhibit the. fruits: ‘of. their
labors: le provided | ‘them: with” an. occasion. ot

oe cars. ‘to swell. the throng.
As the scope ‘of the Fair has widened through
a ‘the’ years, So. have the’ responsibilities’ of the
North and:South Saanich Agricultural Society:
~The work. of the Directors, the manager. and the ~ o
"secretary. ‘has. multiplied ' in ratio to the con-—
_ stantly increasing number of’ ‘exhibitors. When —
the amount of. voluntar
pended in the course of the arrangements is”
considered, ‘the whole’ community is. indeed: in
» debted: to. each one. who has’ worked toward |
“making: this. year’s s Saanich Fair an unqualified —

time and- effort. ex-"

pega ey
i

TULISTA, SWITCH ©

New , Site

For jew Site Se

A privately-owned. strip of land
near Tulista’ Park iv now being’:

“considered for'a treatment plant.”
site in preference to the parkland

chosen by Sidney Council earlier

“this year,

The area is adjacent: to. the:
south-west corner: of - ‘Ocean.
Avenue and Fifth Street, Capital”

Regional District: passed. an’:
expropriation. bylaw. last Wed.
nesday covering this land parcel
but would. pot comment on. the.

state of negotiations, 0.

Lust February, Sidney Council

“decided to ‘site’ the treatment.
plant on one-and-a-half scres:in |
“Tulista Park but, according: to
Mayor Stan Dear, various, factors.
have since indicated that this site’|.

_ Mould be. unsatlafactory, Nod

Meetings: of Sidney, Council,
‘congulting engineers and: Capital
Regional District. personnel)
-regulted In the ‘new choice. The
 Dintriet: ig reaponsible: for ‘cone
struction: of the primary and.
fecondary treatment en Which |

- BY BERT GREEN...

A start on.a breakwater —

for Sidney harbour by the.
is urged by’

year 1972~
Sidney and North Saanich
‘Chamber of Commerce in

petition | forwarded

recently to Member of.

Parliament David A

-derson..

Preamble | toe

| ‘resolution of. the Ct amb

“notes that the Town. of.

“Gerson I in ‘Januar |
‘year,: the -Chamber’s
submission recalls that he.

‘said it may be possible to.
obtain»

study in. the
estimates for A971.

Newspaper » clippings

referring | to’ the. survey

carried out by the. federal

government last Spring to:

an allocation ‘of
funds for an. engineering |.
federal”,

Gotermine; the: feasibility :

of a. breakwater’ at.
‘Chemainus were appended

to the Chamber’ g brief,

At. is. ‘recalled by: ‘Local
‘businessmen that: Sidney’ $

‘The bylaw divides Salt Spring
Istand electoral area into 16
different types of zoning, Seven
are commercial, four industrial, -
three. water, together’: with
“multiple family and rural ;
categories, >

The proposed bylaw, running 10
-Bpome 30 pages, covers all
foreseeable zoning problems,
Apart fromm the normal zoning
regulations found. elsewhere in.
British Columbia. the bylaw
covers ‘suitable home oc:
cupations, » mobile homes,

burglars Get $75

Burylers hit two Sidney stores
last: week, walning entry and.
obtaining srall amounts of cash,
RCMP, report: that Queen's -
Pay-Less Grocery, 10153
Resthaven andthe Wd. and N, Food
Market, 2435 Henry, were. both
broken into on Thursday night A
tots sum of #05 Wd taken,

first approach. to the
federal government on th
subject of a. breakwatar:
was made: more ethan: 40:
years ago. | en

‘RESOLUTION - eee
‘The brief to. ‘Mr. Ane =
derson concludes with a

resolution in the following
terms: os . nee

Weed. Time Willies Here

“Thistles shown in the photo in undisturbed abundance. are.
_ close to the North Saanich » Sidney boundary at the seaside |
“edge of Lochside Drive. At this t ime of the year when the.
flowers have faded, the ripened thistledown is airborne, and.
at the whim of the winds the seed ig distributed near and far
to the consternation of thase who aim to keep their land free
from weeds,

Although the thistie hay symbolic prominence tn Scottish
traditions. is prickly prapendties arc not apprectated by the -

“earnest gardener af Saanich Peninsnla Tt is a weed ag dif
ficult as any to eradicate once given a firm hold.

Noxious weed bylaws have been framed by most of the
hand ipadiiqe a, tad 1 Liisa Maden Muley Le le vag tiated Wak: hist
useless of all regulations in the extent to which they are

> disregarded.

Atour of the bywave will reveal that thistles, wild carrot
and many other varieties of weed are in abundancd, and not

-Jeast on lands controlled by public authorities

As to weeds on private property, he isa bold man whe will

‘Javea coniplaint against his neighbor when the nuisance is
tolerated by the municipal government in spite of a specific
bylaw

WHAT GOES?
Modern: sculpture? |
Guess again, This
ADVENTURES IN
SEEING photo Liew: |
up by | Sidney
photographer Dane.
Caipblell deplens
something as old as
the hills, Don't turn to
Page 4 yet for the
answer. Ponder a
while, ,

: “Therefore. : Ib.
resolved that © e ‘our,
elected representative - in
Ottawa, we petition you lo
do ‘everything: in. your:
power to have funda set.
ey ie |) aside for an Engineering —
oan: || Study in 1071, with a view
celtic tah to start on the Prater oe
during the next tle in ie
economy of the country,
and Not later han An.” m

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