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PRESS SEARCH
FOR OIL IN B.C.

‘Fifty operations in the field of

oil exploration .and drilling are

>. being. put» underway throughout
-. various’ parts of: the’: province,: it

=.was announced bythe Hon... E.:T:

- Kenney, minister of lands and for-

-ests;<in: reviewing... the ..unusual
‘“aetivity..in’. connection’ with | the
* petroleum ‘industry.

geological - ‘permits. were

“- covering “1,945,940 -acres. . These

~~permits are for companies. desir--

ing.to - make geological survey ex-

rote aminations. -

“Two geophysical permits cover-
LF ing 432,000 acres were issued to
a allow seismographic explorations

i This: adWertceiient is. not published
.: or displayed by the Liquor Control
nord r- by: the Government of
: “British Columbia.”

5 Resa: os
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“Up to the middle of January, 20 ;
~isgued ‘

the. province.

‘Fraser Valley and throughout the

4 |:Church

; mond, : Qualicum.

-Hammond

-NEWLANDS KNITTING WOOLS

: : “Suitable for. ‘Babies’. and Children’s Wear — Women’s
a oe 7 and Men’s Sweaters

_THE GIF T SHOPPE —

all MEN’S DRESS PANTS... _
: ~ Tweeds, Gabardines, Worsteds,
me ‘Bedford. Cords, Corduroys. me :

‘SIDNEY MEN’S and BOYS" WEAR

‘Corner. t Beacon and Fifth aan

while 18 licences have been issued
permitting the drilling for oil over
an area of 23,047: acres.

'.These ‘permits and licenses to-
gether with leases issued under
the Coal and Petroleum Act 1936
cover. an. acreage of. 2,413,731
acres,

mits are pending on 22 other -ap-
plications. _
On Gulf Islands -.-
“Mr. Kenney. pointed out that
exploration and: drilling for - oil
is. widely: scattered . throughout
-Operations are in
progress in the Peace River Dis-
trict, Cariboo .(Quesnel),
Charlotte . Islands, _ Gulf: Islands,

Flathead (Kootenay).

In several instances encovrag-
ing reports have been received by
tre Gepartment from those in the

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CHRISTENING AT
ST. ANDREW'S CHURCH

Christening of the second
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey
Currie took place at St. Andrew’s
in Sidney on Sunday,
Jan. 22.:

Rev. Roy.. Melville performed

‘the ceremony and the child was
given the names’ Barbara Joyce.

Godparents were Mrs. Colin

‘Stuart, of Sidney;. Mrs. E. Blag-

burn, Vancouver; and E..R. Ham-

Mr. Currie is a radio operator
at Patricia Bay. Mrs. Currie -is
the ‘daughter of Mr. and’ Mrs.
1 of McTavish Road,
Sidney. .

SIDNEY, |
i B.C.

; Sidney

ROBIN. HOOD” |.
- FLOUR—17 Wa

In addition to the permits:
and. licenses. already issued per-,

Queen.

-hydro-electric

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To Build New Project

-cost an estimated. $689,000.

SAANICH PENINSULA AND GULF ISLANDS REVIEW

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Power Commission

‘British Columbia Power Com-
mission. will construct a. major.
project to. serve
the Sechelt: Power. District, :an-
nounced “Premier Byron Johnson
last week. S.

This is one of the: many ‘pro-

jects-of the. commission and. will

‘When .. the: Power Commission
took over the Sechelt operation. in
1945 337 customers were .in the
area. ~Today there are: 1,100
served. Initial development will
assure approximately 4,000 horse-
power. Potential development is
in the region of 20,000. horse-
power.

This is the third major hydro |
undertaking of the Power Com- |
mission within four years. The
first was the John Hart Develop-
ment at Campbell River and the |
second, at Whatsan, at the north |
end of the Lower Arrow Lake. j
The latter will be in operation ;
late this year.

Among the many projects under |
consideration is one affecting the
Gulf Islands.
Island is served by the Commis-
sion.. In the near future it is
hoped that the remainder of the
islands will also be “on the map‘
of the Power Commission.

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MORE ABOUT

GEM THEATRE

(Continued from Page One.)

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on the opening night. They had
met in’ Ottawa some years: ago
and. Mr. Ash was much impressed
by the actor.

The Saanich member felt that
all communities could benefit by
more forward-seeing residents
like the Martman family.

Rev. Fleming

" Rev. E. S. Fleming, United
church . minister, contended . that
the. entire community is to be
congratulated .‘on.. such a. fine}
theatre as the Gem. ..The world
is made up. of those: who build
and those who. don’t, he said. .Mr.
and Mrs: Martman and Bob Mart-
man ‘have proven themselves. to
be builders: of ‘a fine structure
which should serve: residents. of
this district for the next 50° to
100 years.

The - ‘show house was declared:
officially opened by. Mr. Smith
and a pleasing film program, :fea-
turing’“The. Inspector: General,”
was enjoyed: During the remain-
der of the: week, the Gem Played.
to’ capacity audiences.

| STUDENT. NURSE

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Already Salt Spring |

. | Chamber’: of: Commerce.

News Roundups

PHIL CARSCALLEN
Phil Carscallen of CBC Tor-
onto plans and edits the Monday-
| to-Friday broadcast, CBC News
Roundup, a series of brief, on-the-

| spot reports on a wide variety of

events in different parts of Can-
ada: and the world. It is heard at
7.15 p.m. on the CBC Trans-Can-
ada network, immediately after
the national news bulletin.

Mr. Carscallen: took over this
work in 1944, after a year writing
news bulletins in the CBC’s Cen-
tral newsroom. Before that he
reported for the Toronto Globe
and Mail and the Calgary Alber-
tan,: free-lanced in Vancouver,
and worked for private radio sta-
tions in the west. Calgary is: his
home town.

LONDON’S LOST CENTURIES.

! An exhibition opened recently
in historic Guildhall, London;
throws much new light on the
early centuries of Britain’s capi-
tal. Much history’ of Roman and
medieval times has been lost and
the relics now being shown for
the first time are, on that account,
!of particular interest. They have
been excavated during: the: re-
construction: of badly |. bombed
portions in the City of London.

- MORE ABOUT

TELEPHONE

(Continued from Page One)

sula depends on the telephone as
-a fire protection.

ple it extends the fire hazard.
‘J. C.: "Anderson, . Sidney. mer-
chant, also addressed the -board.

He spoke as the representative of:

the Sidney ..and: North: Saanich.
He: re-
cognized:: that no “increase ‘had:

provement,” ‘he ‘said, “it will be
time .enough’ to call for an in-
crease. .. One. pays the blacksmith
after the horse is shod.”
The hearing in Victoria was for
only one day, Tuesday, Jan..17:
Following the hearing mem-

‘bers. of the board’ ‘of transport

commissioners and. My.. Ash -vis-

ited. the’ Victoria telephone ex-: :

change ‘and inspected its SPST,
tions.. ;

* Contingent on Rate Terese
“A... special: meeting. of:. officials

of the Telephone Co. with Mr.

Ash _ and... others interested was
held subsequently in the Empress
Hotel.. :There it was disclosed by
James Hamilton, vice-president of
the B.C: Telephone Co., to Mr.
Ash, that the aggressive program
of modernizing the telephone sys-
tem on the Saanich Peninsula

was contingent on the rates boost |

being approved by the board of
transport commissioners.

Mr. Ash informed The Review
that Mr. Hamilton stressed the

point that the company did not :

want the public.to think the tele-
phone company was “waving a
big stick.” But he just could not
see how the company could go
ahead with a program. of such

Where there
is only one ‘line between: 12 “peo-.

SIDNEY, Vancouver Island, B.C., Wednesday, January 25, 1950.

magnitude and continue at: the
old rates. Mr.. Hamilton listed
the other improvements .which
are in prospect for this area at
this meeting.

Mr.’ Ash told. The Review that

‘Home Truths-- No. 7

New methods en-
able us to frame
pictures. at even
lower prices than
our lowest low of
yesterday. Pic-
ture restoring;
signwriting; see us at:—

in view of the concrete promise
of improvements in the telephone °
service for this area, he felt that
there would’ not-be such general
opposition to the proposed rate
increases in the future.

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