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The first bus fitted with pneu-
matic tires entered service in 1927,
and the RT bus, to which Best
refers, succeeded the famous LT
bus after the Second World War.
By 1930, when my parents
dragged me to London from the
north of England, the city had
more than 4,580 buses’ working
424 routes covering 1,122 miles.
In that one year, they consumed 30
million gallons of gasoline. I don’t
have the figures for 1946, but you
can appreciate that far from
“becoming” the standard mode of
transportation, the double-decker
bus had lone since arrived.
Maurice Chazottes
North Saanich

Dowsing good,
not magical

Editor:

Re: The art of dowsing for
public benefits.

Thank you for the fascinating
feature article on the art of dows-
ing, Section B, Dec. 9. There’s a lot,
more to dowsing than I realized.
- Mr. Lindal and Mr. Russell have

researched the topic thoroughly

and their stories are compelling.

There is more to dowsing than

most conventional scientists real-

ize or care to admit.

However, any attempt to pro-
mote dowsing as an omnipotent
cure is misleading and potentially
damaging. I have ten years experi-
ence aS a practicing ground water
engineer. However, I have seen no
scientific evidence to show that
dowsing finds water any better
than other techniques.

Dowsers claim that they “can
move underground veins of water
to increase well flows.” I chal-
lenge them to prove that one!

I don’t doubt that there are
many benefits from dowsing. Lin-
dal and Russell have obviously
experienced benefits.

I only ask that dowsers stop
leading people to believe that
dowsing can magically find water

where there is none. Even the most

- seasoned ground water scientists
refuse to make the type of outra-
geous claims that dowsers are
famous for. We know that a dry
water well can be an expensive
mistake.

Michael Payne

North Saanich

Better to refuse

wedding inviie

Editor:

With reference to Mayor
Rosko’s comments about amalga-
mation of the Peninsula munici-
palities, I would like to point out.
that while it is nice to receive a
wedding invitation, it is not always
prudent to attend the wedding!

In a recent analysis, if Sidney
and the District of North Saanich
amalgamated, the taxes in Sidney
would decrease by some 38 per
cent and those of the District of

MUSIC ALL ‘ROUND in this split-lens image of a Parkland

school band trumpet player at Sanscha Hall Dec. 5.

North Saanich would increase by
over 70 per cent.

A further suggestion that our
police forces amalgamate already
exists between Sidney and North
Saanich, and a merger into one

force with Central Saanich, would .

be extremely expensive.

The 1993 police budget for
North Saanich will be about
$400,000. Central Saanich police
costs are around $1.2-$1.3 million.
This is a community of only about
4,000 more people than North
Saanich.

Is it any wonder the residents
and council of the District of
North Saanich are declining the
wedding invitation?

Also, regarding a letter in last
week’s Review from five former
mayors, I would like to point out
that not one of the five attended
the first public hearing on the
application for a Setchell Road
dock, nor have they viewed any of
the plans or letters as amended.

In their days as mayors, the
approval was given, in most cases,
by the provincial government and
only sent to council as a courtesy
for comment.

The present council has turned
down as many applications as they

have approved, and in all cases, the
foreshore is clearly recognized as
being public land and access must
always be maintained.

Coun. Bill Gordon

North Saanich

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