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Wednesday, April 1 16, 1969 )

BY PETER R CALEB

‘closely | these “past | couple” of.
ofa.

weeks, the® serialisation
“new book called The. Peter- Prin-
: cipl e by: Dr. Lawrence J, Peter,
_ a. British. : Columbia born
-California: ‘professor. It. deals

“with life “in general as seen by a |

. shrewd observer of human na-
2 _ ture; :
us The, Principle itself is s simply
stated ‘Ina hierarchy, every em-~
~ ployee tends to_rise to his level
of incompetence’. The articles
‘make much of the fumblings and
bumblings of incompetent peuple
--in every walk-of life.
2.the. articles are extremely amu:
‘sing and call forth a quick com-
ment, “exactly right, I’ve seen
“it happen myself!"’ They dissect
the attitudes and foiblesof human
“nature as seen in the race for
status and position in our com-
_ petitive jungle called“ Western
‘Civilised life.
ge was. wondering the other day
about the phrase ‘CommonSense’
“T have. “argued for a number of

/ years that: the. very. phrase. is...
~“tnisleading ‘in the extreme. “I-

“have always referred to it in
Pd classroom. world as ‘un-
“common sense’, I feel it should
“be: called this because there. is
so little of it about. . How often

“s have-we'seen an obvious: course ~
of action, which was not followed,

“. held up as the ‘common sense’
“= way.of doing: things. © Yet. the
fact..that it seems to appeal to
reason has very little to do with
it’s actual occurrence, .
cA. Jew years. back atT.V. pro-

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Many of |

° -granime- in “England. dealt with
the happenings: in’ a short side
“Street :
The “residents: were’ pleased to’

in Kensington, London.

have their. street repaired: one
Spring. A weck later the water

company arrived to install a new

service pipe. Nicely finished and
re-repairing completed, the M)-
ectricity Board came and they
renewod the service.. Ten days
later the’Gas Board came and,
yes, you've. guessed. it, up came
the road again,

During the course of one cal-
ender yeur that short street was
exeavated:> no fewer than eleven

times! Now it was suggested that»

the: common sense approach
would be to have a central clear-

‘ing. house for. information - on

street works to save the con-
stant effort of destroying anewly
‘paved street. . However, nothing
happened to further this course
of suggestion.
that: something, must. be done but
so many. just leave it to the other
fellow.

While I realize that we are all
naturally indolent about matters
which do not come within our
immediate province, could we not

just stop and think where is this .
leading us. The society in which -

we live is getting more complex.
We-rely more and more on spe-

eetalized knowledge and compu-

terized machinery. It seems

that when something goes wrong,

with the computer there: is just
nothing one“ can do about it.

I..feel rather sorry for the
returning officer. in. the unor-
ganized areas coming elections
for. Regional Board seats. «It
seems. the computer has. left
some people off the voters list
and that'therefore nothing can be

- done about it.

_ 1. was wondering if the time
has not come to have a commit-

tee of concerned citizens con-—
-stantly, reviewing cases where ©
‘we have become. prisoners of a

system. which seems to be more

“and more tending to forget: or —
“ignore the rules of ‘Uncommon

Sense’. :

a Brentwood
trict

Everyone agrees -

| Rising ; Consumption

‘Waterworks Dis- > —
is. preparing : for an Jun:

paralleled future demand’ on its
resources. :

Sub-division promotion follow-
ing ‘installation. of the. Central
Saanich sewerage scheme could
very well add 1,500 new con-
‘sumers -to the present total of
540, said utility chairman V.C.
Dawson at the annual general
meeting at Brentwood elementary
school on Wednesday, |

In his report to the members,
Mr. Dawson anticipated anample
supply. of water. to meet the new
demands providing the expansion
is gradual. He reported pro~

gress’*on the site of the new

reservoir above Benvenuto Road,
and presented an’ encouraging
slate of affairs in regard to the
spring water sources of supply
at Keating,

Mr. “Dawson

‘Sald that the

quarry source on Wallace Drive |

is shut down for- six. or seven
months of the year when water:

‘from the springs is distributed.

The water level in the quarry
is higher than before, ‘indicating
that .the supply derives from
sources other than rainfall,

Analysis of the quarry water
hy ~the health department had
disclosed —possible contamina-
tion of a variable nature, pos-
sibly derived trom the Hartland

Road retuse dump, said the chair- .

man, The degreeis not sufficient
to demand chlorination, but the
reports of the health authority
will be closely watched, he stated,

Surplus of . $72,985.19 was
shown in the balance sheet, in-
cluding an excess of revenue
over expenditure for 1968 of
$9,524.82,. The Directors grant-

ed the customers a two- month,

free billing as a bonus. ,

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“Recommendation that ‘the:di

rectors reduce taxation: by 20 -
per cent “nd forget about! ‘frée. ©

water’’ was accepted in the form
of a motion: proposed by

Price. It failed to carry on an
even vote of 13 to 13.

As has been the case for many

years past, Laurence Hafler con-,

ducted the: nomination’and elec-.

tion of officers. On the ballot,
Claude Creed and Jim McKevitt
were re-elected trustees. David
Price was thanked tor his can-
didutury. . . RW... Hamblett
unanimously re-elected auditor,
and office he has held since.the

‘inception of the utility in 1950, —

’ The meeting commenced with.”
_the presentation of scrells of

merit to past serving trustees
by A.K, Sutherland of the water
resources branch. Recipients
were; Lorne Thomson, 1950-

1960; Maurice Atkins, 1950-1954 _

(accepted by Philip Benn); Don-
ald McKay, 1950- 1954; Hugh Mc~
Donald, 1954-1957 (accepted by
Lorne Thomson): Al’ Vickers,
Thomas: Gibson,

1957-1962; Philip Benn, 1962-

1968, Mr. Hamblett was award- ”

eda special scroli.

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Vickers and seconded by. David»

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This event which has grown
when a
number. of local artists asked
Mr .DJ.L. Anderson.to conduct
a series of art. classes, .. has

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Four “blossoms: on one wild |
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a FULLY INSURED
WITHOUT EXTRA CHARGE

A Second Mortgage Loan toa maximum of $5000 with interest
fower than Federal N.H.A. first mortgage loans, is now avail-

- $5000.
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able for construction of a new home.

TO QUALIFY:

1. You must be the first occupant of the home.

2. You must have lived in British Columbia for 12 months im-
mediately preceding the date of purchase or the date of

completion of construction of the home.

Providing payments are made promptly as required, 10% (up
to a yearly maximum of $50.00) will be refunded to you thus
reducing the effective interest rate. For e.g. this would mean
on a $5000, 25-year loan, the effective interest now would

be 72%,

THE GOVERNMENT OF : THE

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE
HON. W. A, C. BENNETT. P.C., Premier and Minister of Finance
G. S. BRYSON, Deputy Minister of Finance

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purchase of a new home started on or after February 9, 1968.

1. You must be the first occupant of the home for which appli-
cation is. made.

2. You must have lived in British Columbia for 12 months im- =
mediately preceding the date of purchase or the date of
completion of construction of your new home,

3. Previously received Home-owner Grants will be deducted ‘
from the $1000 grant

Complete and send the following coupon if you wish further
information.

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