With dispenser —

Lanolin—to soften }ately set the poli

Ideal as a hand and body jout only essential works until

lotion;use asa powder base too,

Johnston Road

g

and the cost of

3) velopment o
NET EXPENDITURE

for public works

expenditure in 1958 which ap-
pears in “Municipal Statistics”
is the NET expenditure, After
RECEIPTS

DEDUCTION OF

LOTION

Rock,

THICKER, RI R, j
“It is significant that
NON-GREASY! Douglass has chosen to take
CONTAINS... the year 1958 for his compar-
Allantoin—for healing jisons, for as was pointed out
Hexachlorophene—to guord jin last year’s Stewardship Re-
egcinst infection port, the City C eil delibi

ized,

Phone WI 8-9710

Everyone from granddaughters to grandmothers
likes sweaters . . . so, Santa, please bring “her”
the sweaters she sees in her Christmas dreams,

The Shaggy Look

by Houlding

SHAGS

A GRAND SELECTION IN A VARIETY OF
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$6.95 - $7.95 - $9.95

Jean McAdam

LADIES’ WEAR
14985 Washington

}/tthe mill rate in White Rook

for hire of equipment and pri-

vate work done (¢.g. provision

of culverts) for which the city

was paid, The ACTUAL ex-

penditure for the year was
11.

ven taking the net figure,
ite Rock was NOT “almost
the lowest in the Province” as
Mr. Douglass claims, The
ficial list shows 122 Cities, Dist-
ricts and other Municipalities.
Of these, 44 spent more
Public Works than White Rock,
while 77 spent less than White

y of carr
| the City generally was properly

It was necessary also
Prescription Pharmacy | curtail expenditure in
Washington Ave. & Vidal St.

as
_ are conoeried,
i? program, involving an

enditure of $164,035 speaks
Ay for itself!

“Mr. Douglass states that

is the highest of any city in the
province other thin Green-
Wood and Kaslo’ ‘That is un
true, The figures he quotes
are not the actual mill sates
but are taken from a table which
shows what they would have
been if based on 100% of Iand
and 75% of improvements, But
White Rock's taxation is based
on 50% of Improvements, not
75%, although 20 of the other
31 cities in the Province base
their taxation on 75% of Im-
provements,
“Mr, Douglass also omits to
mention that the mill rate for
other places are exclusive of
Debenture Debt Repayments
are included for all, White
Rock's mill rate is not by any
means the highest of any City
in the Province,

NOT ACTUAL RATES

“It is impossible to get a
true comparison, because the
statistics do not show what
Services are covered by the gen.
eral mill rate, I do know that
13 cities definitely have a}
higher mill rate than White
Rock; some of the others may

_|be higher depending on what

is included in the general
mill rate. For example, in his!
comparison with Surrey, ™
Douglass says “White R
mill rate is 28.34 against Sur-|
rey’s 2248. As already point-|

Tyed out, these are not the ac
to recover the deficit of $43,000

joutstanding at the end of 1957.
The wisdom of that policy has,

: 1 think, been proved by sub-
Hilltop ED SranACy, {sequent events, for not only
WI 89494) was that $43,000 fully recover-
Jed by the end of 1958, but in

tual mill rates. The actual mill
Fates for general purpo
cluding Debenture Dept
ments are - White Roc!
mills; Surrey, 29 mills, b:
here again Mr. Douglass omit
to mention it, White Roc

general rate of 38
ludes such thing
ection, Street Lis
Garbage Collection
general mill rate do
clude these se

are |
Hed, the comparable rates

bentures ($44

|tem is paid for only by those |
|in the Sewer Area and is not
charged against the general
& taxpayer,

B|White Rock's expenditure on
= |Pared with Surrey’s and refers

showing again |

C

SEWER SYSTEM
“The total expenditure r
the sewer system was $63,321. |
Phis included new construction
8) und repayment of de.

, the balance |
being the cost of operating and |
maintaining the Disposal Plant |
and installing new conn Ss,
ete, - $16,862. Mr. Douglass
again omits part of the story,
for he does not mention the
revenue of $77,878 and the
fact that the Sewer Account
showed a surplus of $14,550.
Nor does he mention that 3
cost of operating the sewer sys-

“Mr. Douglass —_ describes
Sewerage as excessive as com-
to Surrey as “covering 71,760

@ | acres, or over 70 times as miuch
$ |aea as that in White Rock, and

Ave. WI 8-9015

Serving 55,000 people compared
to White Rock's 6,000.”, ‘That
may be the area and popula-
tion of Surrey, but it certainly

fo the prediction, made
Couneil'a Stewardship:
published last week, of a bright
future for the City of White
The electors can help
¢ that prediction a real-

% es a bart
zat ified

at the City Hall from official | Hock.
records, and the City Clerk and |to mak
the City Treasurer will gludly |ity by showing at the Polls on
make these records available |Election Day, that they refuse
for inspection to any taxpayer |to be misled
who wishes to check them.
“I prescribe wholehea

with | ewes i
us| Surrey - Storm Sewers, nil:
Sanitary Sewors,
White Rock - Storm Sewers,
a miles; Sanitary Fillers, 30.9

which are not supported by the

“Moreover, Surrey has dly | facts,” the Mayor concluded,
——

Planned, Controlled Progress
with Efficient and
Experienced Administration

/ He - Elect

Mayor W.
Bill) Hodgson

- December 17 -

“Vote as you please, but please vote”
Bring Your Neighbour

For Free Transportation to the Polls
Phone WI 8-9200 or WI 8-8515

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your moncy orders this year be sure to get them at
your nearest Royal Bank branch. With each Royal
Bank Money Order you ll. get—at no extra cost—an
envelope and a mailing folder in gay Christmas colours,
with which to send your gift and personal greetings,

You can use Royal Bank Money Orders to send gifts
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