“3

hands of

me

. “Assessment notices,
which are now in the

Assessed value, which

-is the vlaue used for tax

calculation purposes, is a
percentage 0 of actual
yalue, For school and
hospital purposes the
res dentla class is
assessed at 15 per cent of
actual value, commercial
and other properties at 25
per cent, and industrial at
30 per cent.

.C, Morton, chairman
of the British Columbia
Assessment Authority,

said “the actual values

are . determined by

professional appraisers

“y
s closely to current market
~ cvalue

Tax assessment:

through field inspection
and by market and other
_comparisons. In . their
‘work they take into ac-.
count the lecation of the

proeprty, size,

topography, shape, cost...
eacment, age, -
on of the building -

condi
and sales of comparable
properties int eh area."
In the final analysis the
viaue is determined by
eliminating high and low
comparisons to reach a
fair market value.
The reasons for the
percentage market
values are twofold. The
new method makes
assessments easier ta
understand and it makes
assessments fairer: and
more equitable for all
property owners. = -
e first question man
property owners will as

a ‘simple

when they get their
assessment notices will
Pappen & be: What will
n to my taxes?
& British Columbia

Assessment Authority is

not a taxing body". said
Mr. Morton. ‘It is rep-
ponsible for establishing
and _ controllin
procedures which relate
only toequitable property
valuation, not tax. rates.
“Fianancial needs - of
local governments
determing tetal yearly
twrements.

Meio s lapic

‘ealculate their total

dollar requirements after
allowing for income from
all other sources and then
establish a mill rate for
their general ‘municipal
purposes, School boards,
regional districts and
similar bodies including

-considers

thing?

the British Columbia
Assessment Authority, do

‘likewise and advise the

local. government which
combines the — total

‘yequrement on the annual

tax notice,” he said: .

“By creating - and

" maintaining an equitable

se = for ropert
valuation each Pepe

owner ends w
only, his fair sha ‘are

If any property owner

that his
assessment is incorrect
or requires any  ex-
planation he should
contact the assessment
office for further in-

News

NEW. YORK (cP) —
Bruno Demetrio of
‘in. Manhattan js -
convinced that women.
will want shorter hair this
ring:. “Don't panic, by
orter I mean tir that's
zen the should

NEW YORK =)
orative
hair,
waist and wrist.

mae favorites for -
two seasons. The newest
way to wear a flower isto ,
wear an orchid treated

can be

formation. If he is still not pin.

satisfied, the. property
owner may appeal to the
local .Court o Revision

~ Dairy farmers regulated

OTTAWA (CP) —

‘Financial pr ctices of the

C nadian Dairy Com-

”. mission came under fire

from government and
osition MPs at a
mmons public  ac-
counts committee
meeting Tuesday.
Commission chairman

Gilles Choquette was

asked by Liberal and

_ Progressive Con-

servative spokesmen why
recommendations for
tougher financtal control

on spending, made by the -

Cyclone Taylor —
scores again!

Iti ip a marvellous story
told b: y. a man who ig a
first-class story teller.
However, Cyclone Taylor
goes far beyond your
average book ie ut

8 or a Spo ure
End it is this fact that
makes its publication
unique.
‘You are not only told of
the many exploits and
accomplishments of one
of the world’s greatest
hockey p! players — these
alone would fill any book
- matt you also get a keen

t into the birth of
hoe they and life as it was
in the early days of

ne

Cyclone Taylor came
into the world when the
horse and buggy was still
king. He was born in a

small Ontario town called |

Tara in 1684 and it’s in-
teresting to note that on
the day Archie and Mary
Taylor 8 little bundle of
joy made the lineup in the
man race, Sir John A.
MacDonald was serving
his final term as Prime
Minister of Canada, and
would serve for another
seven years before his
death in 1991.

Taylor was five years
old when he laced on a
pair of skates for the first
time. “I just had to get
out there and te it,”
says. “I pinc ed my
aisver’ 8 skates... got the
dickens for it afterward,
but it was worth it.”

The book carries you
through his early years
with ease and
amusement, Because he
was smaller than most,
Taylor had his mother
sew layers of felt into his
long underwear for

tlon and thus- he
ame the first to utilize
padi — — the idea caught on

However, all the stories
of Cyclone’s early days
were not happy ones. As

his talent became widely

known, the offers came
uring in, and so did
trouble.
‘He was asked to join

“the Toronto Mariborous

in 1903 by Bill Hewitt,
whose son Foster would
a te i" famed

ka "hy ret “refiged ana
was. cklisted
,fhroughout the Ontario
“Hockey Association.

That led to his turnin
ro at the age of 20 an
his first job was with
Portage la. Prairie in
Manitoba. He got $25 per
month plus room and

rd. -
Less than five years
later, Taylor had become
the toast of New York,

auditor-general in 1975,
were not yet in place.

pchoquetie told: Charles

{L—Westmount)

ck of personne] is

the main reason only half

of the 16.recommenda-..

tions have been im-

plemented.
Choquette said the
remaining improvements

suggested by Auditor-

General J.J. Macdonell.in -

September, 1975, will be
in place by March 31.

Lincoln Alexander
(PC—Hamilton West)

compared to to baseball’s

_ great Ty Cobb and was

front

getting page
eadlines
Ames? New york

‘In fact, he was id
more than the Great Cobb
himself for one. season

ar averanneigaed= 5 WAith of, Tat an infamous: Komagata.

Senatorssfor $5,

said the commission has
been dragging its feet and
sought assurances from
Choquette that greater
control, of financial
dealings would be a top
priority. .

The commission
regulates the country's
70,000 dairy farmers who
produce industrial milk
used to make butter,
skim milk powder,
cheese and other dairy
products.

ADDS EMPLOYEES

The commission

“did not “approve” of
hockey players.

There's a story about
the time Taylor, who also
P layed lacrosse, punched

he referee during a
melee and spent the night
in jail.

»oAmpther yarn tells. ol

season consisted of justi2 Maru incident in Van-

gam

Taylor later linked up
with Frank and Lester .
Patrick on the West Coast.
and played for Vancouver

onaires when they
won ‘the Stanley Cup in
1915,

The records and great
feats are all there, but
interwoven among them
are the behind-the-scenes
stories and thoughts that
make this a very personal
account,

There is, for instance,
an amusing tale about the
time Cyclone signed with

the Senators. Part of the

package was a civil .
service job with the
Department of Im-
migration. That job, by -
the way, led toa full time
career which eventually
netted Cyclone the .
highest civilian award’
passible, Member of the
Order of the British

re Taylor household -
back in Tara was capital
“Cc” conservative and
Taylor was taken by the ©
team owners fora job
interview with the
Minister of Immigration,
a Liberal.

Not everything Cyclone

‘Taylor did was right.

“The , Minister...came
right to the point. "

‘I suppose you have, a

letter from your M.P,?
at letter,” Taylor

sal

“the letter supporting
your request for entry
nto the department
without the usual Civil
Service examination...’’-
Taylor had a problem.

“Mr. Minister,” he
said,
an ything about such a.
leer, but I couldn't have
gotten one anyway. Our
NLP. is Mr. Rankin, Now
he’s probably a nice

fellow, but, un-
fortunately, ‘he’s a
Liberal. Our family

wouldn't f° anywhere
hear him.”

There's more, much

‘more in the book. Stories -

about good times and bad
times.

There's the touching
story about Taylor's

courtship in Ottawa of his -

bride-to-be. It lasted
more than six years
because the girl's mother

“I didn't know .

couver Harbour con-
-cerning immigration of
East. Indians _ that
sparked riots in the town.
Taylor, as an im.
migration official, was
right in the middle of that
powder keg issue. .

The prologue tells of
Taylor's visit to Moscow
for the 1972 Canada-
Russia series. He found
his photograph hanging
ina place of honour in the
Lenin Sports Palace. He.
met Premier Alexei
Kosygis.

Throughout . the book
there are descriptions ¢ of
Cyclone Taylor flashin
down the ice wit
“Amazing speed, stick

handling around dazed
opponents, the rush on
isp a quick move and

s : Putting the puck i in the

‘The book is ‘Cyclone
Taylor, with words by
Eric Whitehead. With the
same knack of putting the
uck in the net, Cyclone
as put his life between
the shoulder blades and
right into the hearts of
hockey fans. .

At 93, Cyclone Taylor
has scored: again.

chairman said he hopes
the recent addition of

-nine employees will help

improve financial
management and control
of inventories

——

NEW YORK (AP) —
The U.S. injury toll from
skateboard st Ri
was more

ined ankle cia ane

spra ankles, says

Amerlean. ‘Podiatry
Association. The asso-..
elation. advises that
riders wear rubber-soled -
shoes or similar
footgear that provides
tac ‘and that

beginners learn the basic
moves first

‘This heetle f
~ of pines and losses in the

paid,

VICTORIA, B.C. — An
increasing number of
pests are causing heavy
osses in the foreste of

’ British Columbia..

Dr. D.A. Ross,
tomologist with
CanadianForestry

the

' Service told a meeting in

Vancouver: oe e biggest
threat comes the
mountain Pine oepeetlé.

s all types:

od from 1970 onwards
aye a increasing

rapidly is estimated that the
province is losing enough

wood each year to: this
one pest to -bulld more
~+ than 4,500 homes." --

Dr. Rosa was speakin
at ameeting of the Fores

* Pest: Review Committee

attended by. represen: -
tatives from -the,: B.C...
Forest | Service,- the
federal forestry: service,
other .-ministries,: in-
dustrial agencies and
groups. The mountain
pine beetlw appears all
over British Columbia
and infestations céver an
estimated 125,000 acres.
said Dr. Ross. -—

' “The gréatest rate of

increase in any one pest
is the spruce beetle which
also kills the tree” he
“Two years ago.
there were no estates
of the spruce beetle but
over the last year it has
started to spread rapidly
and could

epidemic.

Prince

Dr. Allan-van Sickel, of
the Canadian. Forestry
Service, said the swarf
mistletoe, a parasite that
grows on trees and takes
its food from the trees,
continues at moderate to
severe levels and results
in wood losses of about 30
per cent of growth. in

dgepole pine, some
hemlock and Dougias-fir.

and

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Forest pests —
cause losses

“infestationt .
are. showing up in areas:
near’ Kelowna, Prince...

. The Present outbreak of of

the «western

budworn ‘is the lengeat
ever recorded, sai

‘also of the
Ry shepherd iso

Service. It ‘now covers
600,000 acres, mainly in
the Fraser Valley area,
an increase of 200,000
acres. in the jast ‘Year.

“We e presume the ‘cycle

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Canadians continue a their saving ways

’ Canadians are continuing .
_ their tradition as heavy |

savers,
The Canadian’ Bankers

Association (CBA) reports Po.
that the nuniber of personal =] ¢-

savings accounts at the clar-

tered banks ‘have: increased , :
- by ‘almost. 1.5 miljion inca. ‘ho

year, And the deposits’.in

these accounts rose by | close .

to $7 billion.

As of mid-1977 there 1
ere 23.3 million such ace J
counts at the banks holdirig |
$43.23 billion, compared to.
21.9 million . accounts: and .

$36.35 billion a year earlier.
The average account held
$1,854 against "$1,662 a

year ¢atlier and ‘$865 in-
1967. But 67 per cent of ,

the accounts were for less
than $1,000, and more than
37 per cent hold less than
$100.

The CBA says these fig-

ures point to the impor-

UN ICEF: help someone else

person gon they most trust for
Ith

‘There is “Quiet -

Revelustion* takin place
bevel in thir -world
op

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Sorel fi -
; com
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TOAC

attempts to. to. bul from
the the bottom up; to show

ordinrily people e,

improve _ thin,
themselves. The broad
front progr am, called
otal opment” has
adopted by.
PCE, t United
Nations Children's Fund,
with considerable. -suc-
cess. It covers the whole
range of UNICEF
projects. from' health
centres In Upper Volta to
fishing projects in
Ban b os

The strategy is based in
the village of urban
neighbourhood. Th
villagers choose from
amongst themselves .
people | w who could be-

unity workers”; -
the “individual they

ard. as the best far-
mer, for example, or the

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$1,138 in 1972.

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