GOING 9. ‘as ‘ge courts are of absorb- = ing interest..to Central Saanich... --~. Council at this time, and no less - =: 60 to residents near to planned.” locations of such operations. Monday evening a deputation to --gouneil ‘Supported a 26-signature - petition protesting the waterfront transient trailer camp Proposed “by: John. Chew on property adja- ‘= cent. Campion: Road. - Seven” ‘points of objection were stated. Council then: noted a request S from a group of Brentwood resi- - “dents asking for seven days notice - - of council deliberations inregard “to-,an overnight trailer “camp © "proposal submitted by J.T. Mc- -Kevitt.. ~ Property adjacent to. Butchart Gardens’ parking ground “is involved. -. We feel that such a rezon- ing does not comply with the steady growth of quality homes - and agricultural operations in the ...- area,’’ ’ stated the objection to the John Chew project. Seven salient points referred to traffic con-"- siderations; air, soil and: water. " pollution; crowd and < vehicle noises; trespass and accidential injury. on. steep’ eroding’ cliffs; law enforcement, and the pos sibility. that ‘they (the yet “perties” when high tide restricts -the camp area,. The: ‘petition’: routine checking, and Mayor A, M Galbraith ‘informed ‘the deputa tion that further information from Mr. Chew is awaited before cou! cil’ will’ decide whether or not ‘order..a- public hearing, © T ‘alternative would: be rejection ‘of the proposal... It was said that Mr. McKevitt’s Brentwood ‘trailer camp applica-_ tion has been forwarded to Capi- tal Region Planning. Board -for ey ‘observations. Fish Heads © _Bait Residents spoil the beach in the vicinity. - Mayor A.M, 4..ment will check these matters. waste. A’ position of os do not was ’ suggested by 2 - Another: ; ipokesman alleged” fat operations at. ‘the res ~ Resident ‘of an adjoining property: said that. fish- scales. Galbraith remarked that the. Health h Depart: : -AIDERMAN ATTACKS = _ SECRET BOARD SESSIONS Attending ‘the last meeting of : “Saanich School Board as official representative, Alderman Mrs. - Margaret Salt reported to Central Saanich council. on Monday that she was not happy with her exe. perience... . “They bring up one or two Ferry Terminal ~ Changes Planned Premier -W.A.C, Bennett an- “~~ pounced last week that approval “has been given to the Department: of Highways to call tenders for a number of modifications to the Swartz -Bay and Tsawwassen ferry terminals " Work at the Swartz Bay end will be limited to relatively min«- “or. changes to berthing facilities necessary to accommodate the extended ferries, first of which. is. expected to enter service this - coming summer, - Tsawwassen modifications will be more extensive and will in- clude an overhead passenger walk, enlargement of the parking area and installation of a number of marine structures. Estimated cost to the province is $1,500,000. quanow matters, “then go 20 into committee | = _and we are asked to leave,” she. reported, Alderman’ Sait was disturbed a also when attending a meeting of the . Greater. Victoria» Library Board. when she“ discovered. tha the Central Saanichdelegate does - _ fot have a vote. *T. don’t :see why this should . be so when we have a branch at’ . Brentwood, and pay for it,” she remarked, Municipal Clerk FB, ‘Durrand explained that’ ‘the © municipality has a. separate agreement with the Board. He. surmised that. ‘the voting position would be re- viewed when council has passed a by-law which he will prepare and bring to the Hbrary com- mittee in the first instance. Penalized Five further convictions were — obtained in Central Saanich mag- istrate’s court on Saturday against dog owners allowingtheir animals to roam at large. Fined $5 were Jessie Stan- field, 7243 Norman Lane; Martin Woods, 6720 Woodward Drive; D.W,. Robb, 7285 East. Saanich . Road; David. Bartleman, 8350 Stelly’s. and Preden Jenson, 839 Stelly's, the helm. Nelson Dewey of 2177 ~ "ft ran to help and fo at the scene. Tony ran Gtigg. The boat just re The Amertean recets Hospital and was later r ft 1s understood the ctaft's muffler which Canvas-erclosed cockpit Yachtsman Has Close Brush With Death An American boat owner fell victim t a plugged exhaust pipe Friday avening. It nearly cost him his life. Mr. G.L. Griggs of Tacoma, Washington was bringing his yacht, Indian Henry ff into the jetty at Canoe Cove when his wife, Who was down below, noticed that he had collapsed at Dog Tired | Basset hound ‘‘Conker’! hasn no _Yeason to look 50 sorrowful. Ac-. _tually hé was adjudged “best _ mate’ at the - Shoreline cham= pionship ‘show. held at. Sanscha.. Hall on Sunday and Monday, re- peating last year’s success when he was ‘best Canadian basset pup’’. His registered. name is Melichelles Saturn, owned by.Mrs, A, Chestnutt, 3349 West 42nd St., Vancouver, §.C. (Photo by Dane.) _ Away They Go! - At Centennial Park on Satur- day afternoon Tony Yonge mounted off his chestnut gelding a. Will signal the start of the an- nual Central Saanich cross country race on his English hunt- - ing horn 2.30 p.m. is the time. - Around 50 teams of six rune ners representative of public and private schools throughout the area will compete in the athle- tie endurance test. organized by Basil Parker. Many other or- ganizations have entered teams for the course which extends through woods, across streams, tracks amd pastures to the fin« ishing post in the grounds of Saeed and he is — MAYOR CUMMING ON THE. SPOT. - All Favour Access, But .. ie ‘The plan to assess ‘all North Saanich beach access roads and open a number In time for summer activities is a matter of concern to Many waterfront property owners, This became evident Monday night at. the regular. North Saanich: couricil- meeting when two letters were read regarding the proposal. In one letter, Maurce Destrube of Santa Clara Avenue, Victoria stated, “One public access lane I feel should be opened up, con- nects Land’s End Road with the charming lithe Queen Mary’s Bay, which as you know, Hes between the properties of Mr. Cumming and Mr, Sparling. It has a very gradual slope all the way to the water's edge’’, His worship stated that he is familiar with the suggested ape proach beside his property and to open it would present many dif- ficult and expensive problems. ‘He went on to say that some Piers Island property owners are anxious to see @ road opened to Queen Maty’s Bay as.this would be much closer to the island than the povernment pier at Swartz - tow used by the commuters. Ss, Campbell of Moses Poirt ‘ was the author of the sec- ‘etter and he referred to a téd access lane bordering roperty and only partially i. He called it a “car and described the situa+ the following words. fis sccess lane becomes . = Both professed to be in agreement with the idea but Siewse more widely known by the public, chaos could result. descend Moses Point Road, and finding no turning area, use my circular driveway for this pur- pose, and this can be disturbing and annoying especially at night time. Needless to say there are no toilet or litter facilities, and this is hard on adjacent property owners,’* Mr. Campbell went on to ques~ . tion the Hmited use of the De- partment of National Defence property on Patricia Bay and stated “f would like to see & Z 7 a ic LA white -rock,. that.ac- = = Mahy cars — Bay Highway in the past. two weeks a are eee “What do'they mean?. : i AY highway reconstruction plan. in the Central. Saanich Municipal ~ Office indicates possible expro- priation for: many living along the . busy thoroughfare. ... The: provincial highways © de- = partment | has ‘not told the peopie : cording to Indian. legend,. ‘was: thrown. from: Sidney to Semiahmoo bay by. the son of. a-sea god, is the. centre of controversy that - is firing tempers, inspir- g ‘patriotism, . ‘and .caus-~.: ing..grown “men. to behave . - the Klondike Night festiv “ities but’ part way through : the. evening. saw opposing * groups throwing . pies at . “each other, - - The following ‘morning : the Sidney delegation quiet- a aly Slipped. down to the beac - to ‘measure the rock wi the. idea of devising a means = of ‘removing it..They were.” driven off by incensed pat- riots of White Rock. “.£!We haven't given up “ hope by any means,’ said ~ Hugh Hollingsworth | from: i Sidney.) : «We. -intend to” have Shield’s Navigation ne “over “with=their - ‘anding - barge and heavy duty: equi “ment’one dark night!) 7 White Rock residents are not unprepared for such an “eventuality as shown by the’ -excerpts from a letter re-... ceived by Mayor Freeman” ‘from the Mayor of. Whit Rock, Harry T.: Douglas “would like to. inform ‘you that possession ofpro- .. _perty is nine points of the “Jaw and: we. feel that. the White Rock is part of our. § heritage, having ..been §j thrown here by an Indian: Chief for protection of the beauteous Indian Princess- «- es of theSemlahmooTrite. % We will be prepared to de-- & fend our rock by land, sea, or air, by all. means .at cur disposal and if neces~ sary ‘we will call on the Bennett navy (as we pre- - sume it will be a sea en- gagement).’* ‘Hoping «this will dis- courage any action that may be taken by you to claim _ the said real estate."’ it has been drawn to the attention of The Review that the Sidney delegation is planning a clandestine meeting .to consider . a farther course of. action. public pleasure park there, with SmeneememamneeremmmmaNine all facilities and launchingramps for boats’: After limited discussion on both letters, Alderman George 0. Campston, who is charged with assessing all North Saanich beach atcess roads, made 4 MiKion to acknowledge the letters amd assure the writers that all the triads would be given the ‘'seme fair considera’ , Comeil agreed. No date was set for the presentation of Ald- atman Cumpston’s stey which was leunched on Feb. 2. Rape Charges Trial is Set Three men previously twice retrainded without plea on charges of rape posted bail of $2,500 each in Central Saanich agis- trate’s ccart on Saturday, Cases were adiourned for prelindnary hearing In Sidney magistraio's tout at 1) a.m. on Saterdiy, March 15. “eouncil had . been”. twice this year by highways de- -patiment officials ie company what: to expect. 0 The line of the stakes: in the “ Newman Road” area passes _ through ‘the © living room. of one home owner. 2 The “markers decorated. with white tape and bearing the in- ‘itials RWW. (right-of-way) - are ‘dicates a ‘double “la cot te pressot on. the - Keating’ ridge,” way fs expected’ ‘to ‘widened asa temporary ~ gure. m Stood the freeway will follow. B the old railway grade, now known . BS Lochside paces but. closed . as a road, _ Ultimately, it: is under The people on whose lord. a. S vey, stakes have been driven are @ . aimost without exception ''up tn | arms” by the highways depart- ment’s apparent lack of courtesy _ and consideration, Chief Underwood of “the Tea- wout Indian band first learned. “same | of the Iatest exercise. on seeing ~ appe “& survey stake being driven into” the centre of his driveway. His ‘Approached with en Indian Affairs repre= sentative to discuss fight-of-. ‘way matters, but no commitments were made by either side. The “fedians are relubtant t6 give up any land, which to them is it- teplaceabie, or to have their Reserte cut in bwo by a divided highway. , They asked to be given adjoin- | ing property In compensation for any that may be ceded by then. The highways department mete tioned replacement of a bridge and constreetion of some intern al service toads as part of a bargain. tt appears tikely tat reconsttuelion of this eection of . the highway wili be delayed pend ing the outconte of farther aegu- dations.