; Home Cooking All White Help
- When In Victoria

-.° Dine at —
~ YOUNG'S CAFE |
" Excellent Full” Course Dinners, 30c and 38c_ x

You will be agreeably pleased!
1318 Douglas Street

‘Open Te a.m. to 8 Pp. m.

| HOMES — SMALL FARMS — LOTS |
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"INDUSTRIAL SITES —

‘Office: ‘Beacon ‘Avenue’

[ [PHONE | 120 — SIDNEY, B.C. |

SHOWING oP Etat
‘a F riday and Saturday
’ at 8° p.m, — - Saturday Matinee at 2 p. m.

: ANOTHER OF THE SEASON'S iA
"BIG PICTURES dh

ROSE OF ©
WASHINGTON SQUARE

Sy ALICE . TYRONE &é
RAYE BOWER OLSON 3s

‘“guest for ‘two

- Angeles.

- father,

GANGES

SALT SPRING ISLAND

_ Mrs, J. B. Tucker of Vancouver
and her daughter .arrived..on Sa-
turday at Ganges, where they have

‘rented for several months one of:

Mrs. G: Borradaile’s cottages,

“Mrs: ‘Frank L. Scott: of Ganges
Harbour left. on. Saturaday.. for .
California, where she: will. be the
weeks of. Mrs.
Walter’ Jones of. Santa Anita, Los

Mr. and -Mrs; Pat Jones. who,

with ‘their: family, have been rent-. a

ing.-Mr. A. J.'. Eaton’s: cottage,
have: now taken up. residence at
Mr. D. G. Harris’ property on
Ganges Hill.

Mrs. Hoy of Victoria is s visiting
Ganges for a few days, the guest
of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Mouat.

Miss May Cartwright of Van-
couver returned home on Tuesday
after a few-days at North Salt
Spring, the guest of Mr. J. D.
Halley. ‘She had previously been
visiting her aunt, Miss L. Royal,

of Ganges.

Mrs. H. R. Fullerton of Vancov-
ver, who was accompanied by her
daughter, Mrs. Esselmont, return-
ed home on Tuesday after a
week’s visit to Mrs. Fullerton’s
Rev. George Dean, of
Ganges. :

Mrs. Harold Day. of. Ganges re-

. turned home on Saturday after a
week’s visit to Victoria,.the guest .-

of Mr. and: Mrs.
Mitchell Street.

After seven months at Ganges,
the guest. of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert
Wilkes, Miss N. W. Whitelaw left
on Thursday for Vancouver en:
route for California .on” an ‘ex-
tended visit to her brother.

J... Bradbury,

After. a month’s motoring’ trip
in California and other ‘parts of —

. the United: States, Mrs.: Charles-
. - worth and her mother, Mrs. Price,
{-.returned to their ‘home ‘on Salt
Qe.” Spri ing: Island © on Saturday.

Mr. Philip Du Monlin and. his
son, Major’ R..Du Monlin, of Van- ©
couver, are: ‘guests for a week. at
Harbour: House Hotel. -Ganges.

where he has been ill for the past

week.

Mr. George. Smith has. ‘returned

“to Victoria =e spending the

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argains
for late Spring and

early Summer Vacations

GOOD GOING

MAY 18 to 29

45 DAYS RETURN LIMIT

STOPOVERS ALLOWED.
WITHIN LIMIT

THREE CLASSES OF TICKETS

COACH
*COACH - TOURIST
*STANDARD

~*Good in Sleeping Cars of class
shown on payment berth charge.

‘For travel information
_ anywhere, ask .

CA NADI AN
"PACIFIC _

weekend with his family at. Bea-
ver Point.

Mr. and Mrs.” Walter Loxton
of ‘Victoria, were visitors. to
Beaver Point over the weekend.

Gunner Wilfred -Hilliar of. Vic-
toria spent the. weekend with ‘his

‘parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Hil-".

liar, ay Peovey Point.

- ‘PENDER ISLAND

Miss Audrey McIntyre has. re-
turned:to her home in Vancouver.

Miss Evelyn Hamilton nes gone
to Victoria,

Mrs. Scott is visiting .with Mrs.

Arthur Tolputt.

Major Boyer spent a few days
in Vancouver recently.

Mr. Walter. Miller spent a day
in Vancouver last week meeting
his father from Calgary, both re-
turning to Pender. ;

Mr. S. P. Corbett is spending a
few days in Vancouver.

Miss K. Symes has gone to Van-
couver.

Mrs, Addison is spending a: holi-

day with. her daughter, Mrs. War-

rior.

Mr. Arthur Tolputt has return-
‘ed. to Victoria: to. rejoin his regi-
ment: after spending two. weeks
here.

Mr. Cecil Wight spent a “few
days with -his parents, Mr, and
Mrs. Wight.

Mr. and Mrs.
ing a holiday in Vancouver.

GALIANO ISLAND

Mrs. Donald Jenkins left for
Vancouver on. Saturday, where

:. she will spend’a week.

Mrs. Lorne Higgins of Vancou-

ver is the guest for two weeks of:
her sister-in-law, Mrs. EL J. Bam-.
brick: ; .

Mr... Richmond Hume -returned
home. from. Pender Island Thurs:
. day, last week, where he had been

ce 7

Bray are spend-

4 SHE. "STOOD. ‘BY HIM WHEN : attending classes at the: Zou ;

Training School.

~ EVERYONE LET r HIM 1 DOWN YC pr. and Mrs. Robert O’Callag-
eae QP. han, “recently: of-: Calgary, : ‘have
“Added ‘Attractions—

rare ‘&@ ~ rented “Winitrith”: for. two. years,
“Plunge Of Peril, 3. Chapter &. of 8 La the: property. at: Ganges. belonging.
« “ZORRO RIDES. AGAIN” .

to Capt.; F.: Hs Walter, R.N., of
-Exmouth, England, and lately oc- -
- eupied: by Capt.’:and Mrs. Mae- :
gyegor F.' Macintosh: | Dr. O’Cal-..
“laghan expects. to take’ UP. resi-
ae dence | on June. Ist. :

a “Mrs. ToAS Fitchett. of Naveen
“ver is: spending “two cweeks | “at.

t:- ‘Ganges “where. the
ith ‘their.

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Ne ewspaper Says About |

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mber of: the: gol De of ‘Lectureship of the Pe Church, ee oo KING | 7 Gasoline P vrice-Fixing i in B. C.
he t..Cl rch Lava oe pleat in: Boston,» Mass., 3 Do FY ‘good turn every day: uy : i Ee

ee rn es

The eoggulat meeting was, open
ied. by :the,-Antelopes. .: ee
“" "Phe ‘first aid and ” signalling 7
“teams were: practising during. the, >
a patrol instruction period, .

Several good | competitions were

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ee run of.
aN ‘Severn! tests: were, ‘passed dur-
: oy ‘ing. the week. |
The ‘Vectuve’ will ‘be ‘padiocant over: CFT, : a ’\ number of ‘the ‘lenders were ners
a icloeisy, 1450 ke. G at Captain Turnbull’s -passing ay tt

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BEAVER POINT

SALT SPRING ISLAND

a RITISH COLUMBIA’S assault on the Oil Companies

.is.another step on the road to State Socialism if-not,
“indeed, on the road’ to totalitarianism. By. a decree of the

iordon Hartley, teacher of
the Beaver Point School, left for.
ghia home jin-Victoria on. Mondays. :

7 | iareemacnammninn rina sesane mervesinmimania am i4n ti im

~ claim to” be less: than cost. It is true the legislation the
Provincial: ‘authorities have invoked has been ‘held consti-
tutional: by: the Suprenie Court of. Canada, . but-constitu-

ts wrapped “separately | in noe A
ellophane , all, ready. to address. -

al rate to Active Service Fores members... 36. ‘
Dad’s.Cookie. Package, triple protected... 64... I

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Pacific Coast, Subsequently costs to the British Columbia
petroleum, industry were increased by exchange, by high
war water transportation rates and. by other war condi-

; err your orders tous regularly for excel-,
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UCTS, BRANDRAM-HENDERSON ‘paints and) enamels, ‘PETERBOROUGH LOCK co. ‘LTD., the LUNDY. FENCE

ue a - fe : An Bitorial in. ‘the Globe & Mail, Toronto

"April 29, 1940

a Coal: and Petroleum C ontrol. Board: of. British. Columbia, .:
a creature of the Provincial Government, the. Oil Com...
- panies have. been ordered ‘to sell. gasoline at prices they

_Honal: or, noty, the principle of ‘price-fixing by the: ‘Pro:
; fixed at cles than the: cost of production and distribution.

: When first: issued, cigheedh monthe'a ago, yy the order of :
“he Coal and Petroleum Control. Board required the sale
“of. gasoline in British Columbia for less: than the then.
.. prevailing cost and at prices‘ actually lower than inthe.
California oil fields and elsewhere on the United. States.

tons, In view.of the war-increased costs to the industry, -
“the order fo set prices ‘that the Coal and Petroleum Board
. arrived | At! are now. more onerous. and canfiscatory. than .

~ tt the. Government of. British Columbia can get away .
w ‘ith price-fixing i in the oil business, and the ‘Government i

“Publiubed for the information of Abs Public hy Petroleum Industries of British Columbia >

SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B.C, Wednesday, May 1,

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‘Notions: for Ladies, ‘But Nothing in Toys!

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of Alberta can tell farmers and other producers how much |
they may charge for their ‘products and: regulate the'vol- 8
ume of production and the quantity that may. be ‘placed’ eB
on: the market, what. is. to hinder. the Government: of”
Ontario. from dictating the. ‘prices of, ‘manufactured ; ate,
ticles? If the disease spreads into Eastern Canada business wt
is going to: be in a fine pickle, We doubt: that. the: people a
of this: Dominion are veady and willing & to BOO :
athe tune. of a dictator... oe

an This § sort. of thing 1 may be all right ‘i in Germany ‘and ae
Russia. and. Italy. where: ordinary folk. cannot: call: their foes

souls: their own, but it is all wrong in'a democratic ¢ couns
try like Canada where we still cherish British: liberty and bh
justice, There’ are. ‘ways: of dealing. with injustices here |.
; without: political dictatorship. But: prevention of profi-
tecring, in the necessaries of life and the munitions of war
‘can be defended in war time.and the Federal Government ,
chas done a good job in regulating the supply: and ‘prices

of the necessaries of life. But when a Provincial Govern-
Ment runs amok and attempts to tell farmers and manu-
z facturers what they may do and what they. may not do. 3
‘in the matter of prices and production, it is time to call

a halt’. Disregard of economic laws will destroy the very.
foundations of democratic freedom, , What i is the use: of

a as

fighting. totalitarianism abroad if-we are. going to, ‘peenut ota!

it to rear up its ‘ugly head i in Canada?

1940

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