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LOT SIZES

‘HE question of what is the proper size for a building |
a district is -

lot is being studied in many centres. Where

-incorporated such matters may be controlled, in unorgan-

ized. territory the matter is left to the good sense of those
who own the land.

The fact that good sense varies can be proven to the
lasting sorrow of residents of Sidney and indeed to many
portions of the district of North Saanich. The Gulf Islands,
thus far. seem to have evaded the evil of several dwellings
upon a 50-foot lot.

In an area where the scenic beauty of the land is in-
comparable the sight of wretchedly inadequate dwellings,
placed cheek by jowl by speculators. is a sorry one. The
lines “Though every prespect pleases, And only man is
vile’ come startlingly to mind. With much speculative
building now under contemplation, the danger of such
minute divirsions of an ordinary 50-foot lot must be warned
against. With no loeal or legi slative law littke can be
done - loc ally. The best of intentions in-men become as
nothing when the bait is gold in the’ form of high rent.

In-other Canadian centres surveys have been allowed
to go through with 25-foot and | 88-foot lots, in Sidney there
are. many examples of the 25-foot lot. This leads to
crowded conditions which are not conducive to good health.
Furthermore. such conditions are not necessary.

The matter has been dealt with by the Australian Com-
-monwealth Housing Commission, it recommends a frontage
“of at least 50 feet for a single dw elling. On the Saanich
Peninsula and on the Gulf Islands the very fact that good-

sized lots may be used for residential purposes, should be
one of our great assets. In cities, where land values are
more expensive, there is an excuse for crowding.

The Australians also recommend, for some districts, a
minimum of 60-foot frontage. On residential streets houses
should be. well back from the street line. Minimum set
-by the Australian Commission is 15 feet. Other recom-
mendations include separ: ite bathrooms and toilet for each
house, spacious: built-in cupboards, fireplaces and refrig-

». erators, 5 generous illumination for all rooms.’

It is wise to note the need for sound building regulations,
‘such regulations effect all property. The whole area gains
-or ‘loses, as the case may be. . It-is evident, judging from
present construction that “native good sense” isn’t. enough.
“We need teeth in our rulings. . . Which again, needs self

» Bovernmeni, self government means Incorporation.

= THOSE TRADE BARRIERS |

will work for: a few years,
fron those ‘in: “high places” concerning Foreign: Trade.
~Alread) the popular press. is filled.

ing: the mice for: expansion; on: ‘the hor

ee may expect: if it does not, or
‘ ree rn

~ Slightly
cht. of: fe 1ina coking to. th
vashing- machines,’
hate: .
pay. ‘the. ‘Chinese. Coolie: will expect
with our sta andard_of living 22” “Bu
insist: that that. sam
thoughts. that your coolie-must be: the ‘first ‘to. enjoy
fruit‘of his: labors.

rod uction of. WwW

“hunky-dory: with Canadian competition,” . Of course, there

produce a better washing “machine,
= beater. ce then we shall have i

“What ‘concerns many ]

automobile or.
to: look’ ‘out. ©

have vaguely grasped by now. that the Soviet Union: covers

Government’ monopoly in Russia.’

“produce. To’ eat, one works, in Russia.

One will note a
“= Gifference here in systems.

“Weare now operating under

Almost.2: dire act: opposite to the policy of Russia,
Canada, or-a majority ‘of us, believe that:the s
“prove to be: a good one. It is now getting a fair work-out.
oly ean easily be undergtood,- however, that our thoughts
sin this-regard ave not those of the Russian. He has equally
cas omuehy’ faith i in his system, or at least, we believe he has.

ithe sverel baiot aves tl Work so Well there yet). Now the
_.. point of all this boils down to the question of foreign trade.
if our system does not work, and mass unemployment

haunts us

> Honsete. “then we shall be forved to export on credit... sell

We, in

7 and chat, it iscadmitted, is net the best way to. sell: goods.

of things to tsi about. There shalt, be no. monotony,

S aaanaasemeeaeesainetanematl

: SEWER CONNECTIONS |

yaw been given.

toms ake use of the: Sewer,
was Intended:tu do away ow ith the troublesome septic tank
Tas. been overlooked in theomany advantages which: will
eaecerpe trom: the drainge -There care, “of: course, teniporary
dissdvantiges, chief of which is-the: unhappy condition of
the streets down the centre at whieh the drain runs,
Weeeanvenky emphasize that this condition is a matter
ANY hich, the residents of Sidney have in their power ta ailay,
oe Atds obvious thar any work done on the roads will be wasted
cat an connections ta the deep drain are not made at first.
To resurface the roads, then tear chem up Again ter a single
connection would bo most wasteful of hirhwav money
Every indication has been given us that ne work will be
oo AOE until ail conneetions are made, and. rightly se.
thought oectrss however, that there mas be thase who for
2 Re ATA OuS woe Teasans, dire nab vet roady ta make connectian
more WATT LR 8 BW ets,
Wwholare not yet ready to wompenct with the

eye ake

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iys e agreed: Ww connect, if iw re fall,

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BOR exe HAVAHTON ae

pa fen aE oan be et A sunnier siips qutie kiy Way. osummer is the time tor
road: Werk, - Let. was thot have nether winter of foul-rand

conditions in downtown Sdney.
cnée tions... A. permit is all that is required, .

7

Sav been Cansei by Ba We

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PAGE TW

HEN. the “settling down period” is over, and we are all.
= onee® again back at work: we_ shall’, ‘assume that all.

then we: ‘may. expect: ructions: 8

tories concern. “serious repeated: ‘droughts:

fertilizers. due™to.: :
@ombined ‘food’: board “last. 2year.
. estimated that: world nitrogen: sup-
‘plies would: be-about. a: fifth below:

“how can. we: ene oe
: “others, ‘more chopeful,.
“great. awakening Will: bring. first’ the.
the:
‘In other: words,’ ‘the Chinese’ standard: -
of living ‘will, go. up. first ‘and. then. everything | will “be™

; people in ‘this. wondrous land ‘at.
the. moment: howevery is Russia ‘and her’ trade: policy. “We

“Re great. deal, of. ter ritory . there are many: millions: of
“prospective. ‘customers in Russia. Foreign | trade is. a-

The. thesis of Russian’
“thought is that: everybody in Russia must: work’. 2. “must,

“What: might “be: termed) a high-wage’ capitalistic syotem, hoe .entieeiy
year's °
system will

Melons + » tihyees ey
, to tie up our factories, inerease cost of produc-  Gilens and the Hberation

the stuffarany cost. "Please take.a shipment Mr. Iwanott.

Yes, atter the settling-down periad, we shalt have lots

E r INITE: ‘assurance e that direct connections ta the sewer

whieh runs from Third d Street in Sidney-tothe'sea, has o uees
“This 3 important Tactowill mean the saving ©
of many hundre< Is of dollars to those who ode in a position

“The taeti that the deep drain’

Thora: haying
S

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AT heosuggestion has bean made that those.
sewer make. if
the connection from their lot Hne to th N Sawer, thas allaweo 4

failin our under taking, and remember, ail residents along.
Wweoh ave TO.
Cy mend ahd 15, hie: vial ae Toad, es x

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THE LID. 1S OFF

PSARLY in the war, a shipment of
AJ seven carloads was sent from the
Canadian Car Munitions, Montreal;
to the Western Cartridge Company,
East Alton, TIL, by Canadian Nae
tional Express. To‘all who saw the
seven trains pass by. ‘there was
nothing unusual about them. Yet.
high-ranking officers, the only C.N.
Express men who knew what the
contents were, couldn't sleep until
each car had reached its destination.
Until now it was a secret. 1t was dry
lead azide—the most dangerous ship-
ment ever handled by the Canadi: an
National Express. The explosive, of
which few parsnias hiv ¢ heard, is more
potent than nitro-glycerine and five
times as sensitive as TNT. A small
ene-and-a-half-inch _ shellac- coated,
papier-maché tube five inc hes long
containing eight ounces of azide w as
set in a sunflower-sh: aped centre of
sponge rubber and placed in an eight-
inch square weoden box, with cotton
w adding, sponge rubber and _ felt
insulation. The wooden box was then

The world is facing the great-
est food crisis in modern times.
The elements of the situation, as

stated by the United Kingdom
government, and the measures
urgently. required ta meet it can
be summarized under the follow.
ing seven headings:. |

-Point..One—There is a world-
wide shortage of cereals. The
causes of this are the. devastation
and: dislocation of the war,
in Europe..and .Asia. (Europe be-
fore the war produced 42 million

etons of. wheat,, but. only. 23 million

tons. last: “year),:' ‘aggravated by

hav

the: 1946 crops ‘is |
he war.)

requirements’: this, year: - Phos

phate supplies may be. about 13”
per cent . short of halt a’ million
~ tons. Ta ge, pa

is: always: the chance that John’ Chinaman: ‘may: contrive. to.”
eggs -

“Point
deficit. «Although wheat exports
from:the new world and Australia
this ‘year will reach record high
Jevels, even these supplies
“quite. insufficient vito. meet
world’s needs, © The’

have -
porters,

new -become | net

million tons.

exporting. countries will be nearly:
exhausted) and
194 647
from ‘the
erop, :
Point Three—The rice
tion fs alse serious aya
the demand for wheat or flour,
Reports from India during che
Inst few Weeks recor zd the fail

é

situa-

increases

evince the rice ‘crop
Niere raise the spectre
Adverse weather con-

whick will
gad onve
ot famine,

rive ceorstming
avpanese, vecupathin qunder which
rice produet ion was allowed te
decling.. boavily before
duction could be get
swing have resulted in
af exportable rise
she fyst sin’ pvonths
nt twe milion fons.

Point. Foure-Unfilled® hopes. : In

Veet ye 7 oan
feuntrices frogs

rigs
a defies

oft this ve ear

“The symimer-of: )4S yp steil scemed
poxsible “te nieer the world whist
carer ‘iby . we ;

Wawhiyeme nts as a
sale i wrantovass
in Ferard 18 pr ~aduietion, eolect sth
and bran eps reo cold be made,

oC haval nat!

filed’ -Trow@e mot wadt) Chris

mus, however, that it wie possible:

Le weere fn exdet measure ad the

yasidien, When’ exact wenimastea ag”
ofthe
Yast

sa how. jong the: harvests
aia

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Your tawere and

Content”
And, practise AN toy

both amine measures to:

_ following ‘position

wheat:: The requirements of the’
which.
fi ae June: ‘Were a little overs17° mil-
» Hon’

. time it. ‘ts.
sie a. fectine
" shortage ‘of

: collection,
" have -to be used’ for, bread instead

“Two-—The" world “wKoat of as feeding stuffs.

are |
the.
countries
» that were net exporters before. the.
AW ar ‘im
“The estimated wheat-de.’.
ficit for. the: first, six.:months” of!”
. this year is over five
> By. harvest time, the stocks in the.

requirements —in-

will have sto “be met ale:
current

of the

rice pra.
“tay

cstiinated. for |. Uy Keepers will bea ot

been Puls -

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The School of Journalism

intria cits
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tis bond of bry other
; In i itiy Me TOW Es, ana Pleasant country WES |
; te fata
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he people's
‘brary and his has sehnal

ve ventare, fare you well!
a” eorrit ars
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Vet thereto. purveys ors of knowledge ed well,
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set in the centre of a quarter-inch-
thick steel case twenty inches square,
cushioned with dry sawdust. between
layers of sponge rubber. The lid of
the steel box was securely held by ten
bolts and had two gr: ab-iron handles
for carrying. The total shipment of
70 pounds was enough for 200,000
25-pounder shells. The photograph
shows the engine and two express cars
of one of the | trains crossing a bridge.
The first car carries ten pounds of dry
lead azide and the second a capacity
lond of 85,000 pounds of ordinary mer-
chandise. The draw ing indicates how
the twenty cases, ¢@: ach containing
eight ounces of the explosive, were
placed and bolted to the floor of the
ear. This was the first and only
shipment of dry lead azide by rail
known. It is normally manufactured
at the munitions plants where the
shells are made, In this instance, had
not the Canadian Nationa} Express
handled the shipment, the produetion
of shells would have been delayed for
months.

and how much the exporting coun-
tries would have for shipment
could be compiled.

Point Five —— The estimated
wheat deficit. The United-King-
dom Minister .of Food visited
Washington at ihe end of last year
to discuss the situation with the
United States: government, to -re-

view. the requiremenis of -all the:
and to ex-..
sup- |
the: exporting coun-'::

importing ‘countries,
secure
ples

from
tries. -

‘This review ‘revealed the

in regard - to

‘importing countries from. January.

By exportable supplies
‘available. Were .12.:million. tons:
‘Since this Teview. was “made, tay
j relopments, Ad

wirements g nd. ‘at the” pened
‘considered - ‘likely .
hat ‘supplies. will fall! ‘short: of the .

now:

estimated | 12° ‘million - tons. wes

7 “Point. “Six——Action on a, world
scale... ‘In thesé circumstances,” “all.
‘the: importing: “countries ®

further sacrifices. ‘and’ further: éf-
forts must be made” to maximize,
Coarse “grains

All possible’

‘steps % to encourage increased sow,

ings of wheat. will have; to he

taken,

Point ‘Seven, — British. action:-
The United Kingdom (which has
already sent one and a quarter

millon. tons of food to Europe) is\
prepared to play her part and is :

taking the following: steps:

Firstly,
be cut: by ten per cent, involving

a- reduction. of about a. quarter of =

a millien tans,

“= Seeondly, the extraction: rate be .

flour will be raised fram 80 to § 7)

percent; it was 75 four years
age. This will entail a logs of
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and involve the sacrifice onee
more of the pig und poultry popu-
isis with a consequent long.

seh eee Peep pauW ve fae

Lett and eyes,

"Dhivdly. the farmers are being
urged to increase their spring
ad of wheet as much as Pose
ib

Panyehiy, the import of.

grain foro Seeding steers will be.
Pores stig, 6 8Mp pligg of feeding
stufts-to commercnl rig and pouls

Cur Go oes ie th

wt : Prvewar ieure,

 Fifthly. the cessation of rice

imparts Will bse continued, f
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: illed vacancies * (in: bra
29 National -Employment: ;

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at Jan,

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The Gurrent

The number of unfilled vacan-
remained almost stationary
at $4,000. Figures released by
the Department of Labor show

‘that on Jan. 24 there were 223,000

unplaced applicants registered
with National Employment Ser-
vice across Canada, an increase of
about 23,000 over the total for
Jan. 10. ;

The current rise in. unplaced
applicants is due in-large part to
four main factors: (1) Demobili-
zation of the armed forces is af-
fecting the labor market to an
increasing extent. (2) The sea-
sonal lull in industry, which in
other years came earlier, now has
set in. (8) Many ex-servicemen
postponed job-hunting until after
the new year. (4) Many persons

temporarily engaged during De-
cember now are registered for
employment.

There has been a moderate re-
sponse to the intensive publicity
campaign carried on across Can-
ada during the last few weeks for
woodworkers, but 23,000 are still
needed. Fourteen-thousand of
these are required in Quebec
provinee, and most of the other
vacancies are in Ontario and the
Prairie region.

Certificated miners are needed
in almost all coal mining areas,
although the demand has decreas-
ed at some points. Lack of hous-
ing is hampering placement of
men in some districts.

The usual seasonal lull in con-
struction activity, together with
the continuing shortage of build-
ing materials, has eased the de-
mand for building tradesmen.

Unplaced applicants and un-
filled vacancies (in brackets) for
the five regions were as follows
Maritime region, 18,000 (5, 900); ;
Quebec region, 76,000 (34,200) ;
Ontario region, 67.500 (26.000):
Prairie region, 83,000 (11,000);
Pacific region, 28,500 ‘(6,700).

PACIFIC REGION

Most of the Pacifie Coast saw-
mills have resumed operation
after the seasonal shutdown for
holidays and machinery overhaul.
The general log supply has im-
proved, and although there is still
a shoriage of cedarwood, all the
shingle mills . have - reopened.
About 1,000 woods-workers are
needed, and semi-skilled workers
are being referred ‘to many jobs
where experienced applicants are
Jacking. ‘Logging operations have
been “hampered. by “snow condi-
tions. ;

Thére is no great activity in
the shipyards; but contracts re-
cently awarded ‘are. expected to
provide greater employment soon.

Work
Princeton highway, -:
“together.” with:

t:Hell’s Gate,
heavy. Beninge fo

t oe ‘Tegion.

-Unplaced: “applicants”

24 were: Halifax; 1,622
New: Glasgow, 1,706 (59);
Sydney. 1,356 “(40) ;
27260--(847) :
Chicoutimi. 1
(89);
(13,380);
1.510);
( flay ‘Sherbrooke,

Quebec; 12.38

(F728 -(326);

son ‘per week: i. by “by one-eighth,
“All this is being done in Britain
‘There is no time to lose.

ar once,

has begun on‘ the Hope- et

and this ¢on.™
: further efi
development: “ot. the - fish : ladders *

Power sewing. cnachine: operators, ©.
“dry cleaning’ and: laundry: workers;
and : experienced egg packers: and :
candlers are’ all needed.’ ool
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Saint-.- John, 1,512>
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Montreal, 33 pan

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Sorel, 2,454 (49); Three Rivers,
8.298 (507); Hamilton, 5,112
(1,848); London, 1,874 (1,010);
Oshawa, 5,507 (481); Ottawa,
8,159 (1,185); St. Catharines,
2,698 (198); Toronto, 15,174
(9,324); Windsor, 12,733 (386);
Calgary, 3,905 (699); Edmonton,

4,144 (1,847); Regina, 2,080
(590); Saskatoon, 1,961 (416);
Winnipeg, 11,057 (2,800); Fort

William, 2,295 (398); New West-
minster, 2,298 (287); Vancouver,
18,581 (38,726); Victoria, 3,065
(746).

Stan Thomas, Sidney, reported
to Police that his car had been
tampered with on Tuesday night,
ignition wires had been crossed
in an effort to start the vehicle.

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The: subsidy payment was in-
troduced to .help take care of
greatly increased prices for these
importations from the United
States.

To offset this increase in pro-
duction costs a revision is to be
allowed in the ceiling price of the
1946 honey crop but the exact
amount of this price rise has not
yet Leen determined.

Most of the package bees im-
ported into Canada have come
from the southern United States
where the warm climate makes
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