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. Mayor Gordon Rowland, as directed by a resolution passed . in a Committee of thé Whole meeting held at City Hall last Monday night, has asked the Inspector of Municipalities to

come to Terrace to investigate. .

charges. made by Alderman Gerry Duffus against City Administrator Jack: Hardy as reported in .a Kitimat

, Newspaper on August 6, pur-

suanl'to Mr. Hardy's request. - -When questioned by «the Herald, Mayor Rowland said, - that he will be seeking legal, advise and if il is required legal counsel will be retained by the

city lo assure that Mr. Hardy's

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IONA TO PARLIAMENT

Iona Campagnolo, whe ended

New Democrat Frank: Howard in Skeena, has been retognized by Prime Minister. Pierre Elliot Trudeau as cabinet potential. ‘The P.M, .ndmed™. Mrs. Campognolo Parliamentary Secretary ‘along with:two other M.Ps.-There.are Colin Camp- Nova

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interests ‘in this sad affair ‘are assured. . Council, with the exception of Alderman Gerry Duffus voted full confidence in Administrator

Jack Hardy. - : The matler came toa head at Monday night's Council

meeting when Mr, Jaek Hardy left the Council area to enter the gallery in which some 40 odd cilizens were seated. He then addressed the Council with the

following statement:-

"Mr, Mayor, members of Council; It is with a feeling of reluctance ~ regret and disgust that I appear . before’ you tonight. - Reluctance because in

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15 years of public life I have adhered to the policy of the anonimity of public servants. -

. Regret because of aspersions _ that have recently been cast on

myself and members of the administration which, in turn, filters down and has an affect on all municipal employees. - Disgust because it almost ap- _ pears to be part of a plan lo ..

in erder to defend myself and the appointed officials as a whole, I have no intentlon of introducing my curiculum vitae but I think itsuffices to say that I am quite familiar ‘with procedures -, As to Bourinot .

having used ali of them: anc having assisted in he preparation of some - lhe procedures recommended have

discredit the appointed officials ';',been absolutely according to the

of-the community.

As a resull of recent com- : ments attributed ta a member of Council - I. quote from the ~ Kitimat News Advertiser -1 find it necessary to resort to the same tactics - the public forum -

the development of the north.

The main factor in northern development is the settlement - of the Nishga Aboriginal Rights question’ which has. in fact resulled in a halt to any - development .of any con-

“Sequence because of the

inability:af “the Canadian

program to get under way until ‘such “a -seltlement has been reached. . The Nishga peuple,

“ment:

“reaffirms his position of op-”

posing development of Kemano 2 to allow Alcan to increase ils production. The aluminium

manufacturing plant in Kitlmat ©

The two sole survivors of twoslides 17 years apart,

meet for the first time at Murray at the Masonic Te Selma is Volkamar from the Northroute

the reception for Selma mople, Friday night. With

Zobel, rescued January 22nd Service Center avalanche on

_ Highway 16 in which seven others were killed.

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National Railway, route. north -

‘maintain: they. are not”

s _change at any time.

«percent of : produced with the remaining 10 percent being’, sold | (o B.C. Hydra: to service Terrace, © Kitimat, Prince Rupert and other area communities. |

. Alcan disclaims requiring - - ‘any additional . power at this

- {ime bul: with the aluminium” market good and world demand —

- increasing this situation, could

"Minister : Willams. has ,con- sistantly stated that he opposed any further hydro electric development at Kemano. He

has Indicated that any ad- ditional power required in the north wauid come from’ the

‘ giant Peace River. Hydro Electric Pawer Development now under way. ney

: However, when, Alcan’ was grantad, the ‘right to davelop

Kemano and construct its

aluminium plant at Kitimat-it "was. algo. given a licence to undertake further development ina Kemano. phase 2.°. This would mean that should Alcan _ Gecide to go ahead it can do ba with nothing but. a political

lobby to contend: with and of,

course the wrath of the en- vironmentallats, 7

Another disturbing factis that B.C. Hydro -has spent -$338,000. on studies on the environmental

_ impact of the Kemano 2 development on the Huckley Valley,

is concerned as, to the sincereity

of Mr. Willams, statements in view of this costly study, if he does not intend to allow this

development to take place.

‘book. Parhaps the problem is some members of Council being : comprehend.

unable . ta procedures. | I have in essence been ac-

cused on two occasions of lying -

aod. yo

—BY GERRY DUFFUS

these tactics). I have been accused of clouding issues - [ haye heen accused of vague angwers (o questions, I am not infallible n’or. are you - If _ mistakes were made they were ‘honest mistakes. Regardless of uF thoughts as to my ability in acting in the best interests. of * the communily - I say and 7 say

forcefully because of stupid, _

~vassenine . and irresponsible -tomments - character

career of a two bit neophyte politician - I'm not a whipping boy for votes, :

‘assasinalions ta foster. the

Bob Willam is a. director of B.C, Hydro and one —

to this Counell (I do not resort ta

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. “Ronald M. Gross, President & .

Chief: Executive Offleer of Canadian Cellulose Company, Limited, announced: today that ’ earnings of the Company for the second quarter of 1974, before an extraordinary credil relating

10 am income ‘tax reduction on

application of prior years’ losses, imounted to $7,445,000 or . $61 per share’ on sales. of * $53,926,000, This campares to first quarter 1974 earnings of, $4,698,000 or $.90 per share on sales of $38,992,000, Second _ quarter 1973 earnings on the same basis were $2,768,000 or $.23 per share’on sales of $41,233,000. » ‘

Earnings for the 1974 second

quarter after inclusion of the

extraordinary income tax credit were $18,245,000 or $1.09 per share. :

Mr: Gross stated that the increase in sales and earnings in the second quarter over the 1974 first, quarter resulted primarily from higher sales volumes and prices for. pulp. Second quarler earnings were unfavourably . affected. by

"rapidly escalating raw material’ * and labour costs and a seven- day closure of both pulp mills at

Prince Rupert due to a work

stoppage. | > :

Mr. Gross also stated that funds provided by operalions have enabled the Company to fully repay short-term bank loans.

On behalf of the Board. of Directors Mr. Gross announced the appointments of Mr. 'W. C. R. Jones, former President of

UFFUS-

Tam sure you have - but if nat

- Visitors to the Terrace dump h lately under the watchful eyes of a number of for a Herald photographer last week,

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 1974

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Eddy Paper Company: Limiled and now Chairman of the Board

of: British Columbia Cellulose -

Company, as an additional Director of the Company, and of Messrs, D. P. Best.and R. J. Duncan, as. Senior Vice- President, Operations and Vice-

‘ President, General Counsel

respectively, Mr. Best was formerly a Vice-President of Georgia Pacifle Corporation and President of K.V.P. Canada LW, and Mr. Duncan was formerly a partner in a major Vancouver law firm. Commenting on the Com-

pany’s future prospects, Mr. ‘Gross said the market outlook

for kraft.:and sulphile pulp

. continues Lobe very favourable,

although it is expected that supply and demand will come more into balance by the fourthquarter. Lumber prices, which at present are of lesser significance to the Company than. pulp prices, have recently declined considerably.

He said that, until the likely course of world ‘economic

‘conditions becomes more

certain, ‘the Company plans to

Battle

A fracas that began In the Lakelse Hotel's bar-room .and ended up in.the streets of Terrace. sent six people to hospital August third, One of the six had @ broken ankle, the remaining group suffered from broken jaws.

The fight broke out when a

ave gone about their b bears. Three of the;

INSPECTOR OF MUNICIPALITIES CALLED TO

TERRACE AS A RESULT OF CHARGES MADE

stop and consider the resignation of the licence in- spector - the lreasurer and this is only the beginning. Terrace cannot afford this turnover it costs $4,000 to advertise for a replacement, — Svery depart- ment head and employee has ven more than you will ever know because they believe in this community and work to be - part of its successful future. Under the present cir- cumstances this is extremely difficult. oo,

Because of Duffus my position Is solely in your hands

and this ts perhaps the main

erald

and, area sifice July 11, 1908

reason for my being here tonight.

I ask a resolution of con- firmation ef confidence or otherwise. If negative then my

next course of action is obvious,

Uf In the affirmative then J have two requests’ to make. a public apology or retraction in

the front page of the same.

newspaper,’ If this cloud is not removed J request a cpmplete investigation by (he Inspector of Municipalities. .

. Following. this statement Council proposed a vote of confidence and ali aldermen present with the exception of

usiness .

direct primary “attention ‘to, the

improvement of all key aspects. .of the Company's , existing

operations and’ to” strengthen its tinancial, position. . He sald that this approach ‘should . put the Company ina position to take advantage of its long-term” opportunities and to this end the Company's’: planning ts progressing. .

Canadian Cellulose Company, Limited is a major producer of kraft and sulphite pulp which is marketed (throughout North

‘America, Europe and the Far

East, and ‘also manufactures lumber for sale in North America and export markets.

The Campany’s plants, all in British: Columbla, comprise a sulphite mill and a kraft mill near.Prince Rupert, a second kraft mill. and a lumber. mill

: near’ Castlegar, other lumber

mills at Terrace and Kitwanga, and woods

Nakusp, The.Company's shares are traded on ‘the Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver stock

exhanges. -

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group of East Indians and a-

group of Anglo-Saxons ‘tangled verbally and then physically in tha bar-room. In all nearly ten people were involved in the free-for-all.

RCMP investigation into the fracas ig continuing but to date no charges have been Jaid.

-. operatians ' headquartered at Terrace and -

TERRACE, B.C.

Contrary . to rumours

"prevalent in town the Canadian

National Railway construction crew is not pulling up stakes and Ieaving town. © This in- formation has been ‘confirmed _ in. ‘conversations with Lloyd Hostland, project manager for. the C.N.R. line north to Groundhog where it will. link with the B.C.R. | vo

The rumour likely started ‘when Mr. Hostland advertised his house for sale. The.latter is ’ seeking tosell his home but with the intention of purchasing another in Terrace. | ‘

A. check on the project location would seem to indicate that work is progressing but geared down awailing the results of nepotiations with the Nishga.: Tribal’) Council on Aboriginal. claims.

There ig a top level tribal

meeting scheduled for Prince‘

Rupert.on Friday, August 16 and thereis some optimism thal some’ sort of agreement

that the C.N.R. can get a full head of steam’ up on ground _surveys and the beginning of actual construction. .

[n> the meantime en-

vironmental and ecology sur-

veys. conlinue all. along the proposed route with the nowledge and sanction of the “Nishga people. No permission has beer received to undertake “actual surveys hewever. Particular attention is being piid to fish streams with con- sultants making recom- mendations as to how each stream is to be crossed. This means their opinion on whether

Gerry Duffus quickly voted for the motlon. Duffs stated that because the service is not there. he could not vote in favour of a motion of confidence.

Mayor Gorden Rowland then” set the malter over to a Com- mittee of the Whole meeling. On returning from this. meeting into an open meeting ance again the mayor. Indicated that the Inspector of Municipalities would be called in. _

Mr. Duffus telephoned the Heralc to stale that he could not apologize because he did not know what Lo apologize for.

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guidelines can be adopted so-

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‘a stream should be crossed by a bridge or culvert and just whal

-kind of bridge. should be used

under a particular set. of cir- cumstances. 7

«Andther important field crew al work is that investigating archeologic siles and olher historical places along the -- role. oe,

The first phase of this route which will link the Nass Camp area to the: main C.N.R. line running east. west across Canada: involves. Iwo. Indian

Tribes, The sector just north of

Terrace crosses lands claimed by the’ Kitsumkalum. peuple while the Nass watershed is claimed by the’ Nishga. The

- second phage. involves the

Nishga while, the third phase, could be the most involved with overlapping claima belng made by the Nishga.and: the Kit- wancool tribes. :

_No positive progress on the construction can be made until the land claims are settled or that the natlve people can be salisfied thal they will receive |

~ just compensation for any lands

that they relinquish claims on to make way for railway con- struction. The only immediate hope is that Frank Calder and his Nishga Council can come to some sort of plan during the course of ‘the: August Léth meetings in Prince Rupert.

‘In the meantime (he CNR. boys are doing what they can along the route without violating and tribal territories withoul the express permission of the Councils involved.

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