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RCMP call
on Sommers

efended

“VICTORIA (CP) —At-
torney -.General Robert
Bonner also lost sleep the

 

famous morning that an]

RCMP officer served no-
tice on Robert Sommers
| that the crown would seek.
to. have Sommer's’ . bribe-
conspiracy sentence in-

creased.

“The wife. of the former: lands
and forests minister said Sunday
she phoned the attorney- -genera]
immediately after the ‘policeman
made his appearance in the. wee
oN pours of last Wednesday. :

“Y phoned Mr. Bonner and de-
manded an explanation . - why
the job’had been done like this,
Mrs. Sommers said.. She did not

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{ing voter support of. the govern-
pment. -

WTrail -
° votes—30: per cent’ of the ‘10 398
‘| ballots ‘cast—to: -win: the: hotly | ¢

SLIM, MARGIN. woe
“His: margin was. only. 385. votes {1

\date Fl 5.

Yelose behind: “Dr.°M. E. Kraiise:
{drew 2,351 ;
; standard- bearer while. Conser-

Premier Bennett as the “finest
Christmas. present any: ‘govern
ment ’ ever. “had.”*..

majority as’ ‘evidence, oO

‘Donald: : Brothers,. 35-year-<
~ lawyer, :'

contested . byelection, ‘the first. in
British Columbia, in “more han:

 

over the runner-up," ‘CCF: candi

  

Trail alderman. ;
The. Liberal” and » Progressive
Conservative . ‘candidates were
votes.

vative Alex Brokenshire | “gare

“The - victory: was: Sa

Opposition’
| leaders pounced on -the.re

‘collected 3,129 | &

(Buddy) DeVito, “at i

   

   
 
   
 

as: Liberal TORIES ‘GAIN

The biggest’ gain Monday ' was | :

 

provincial

“management - “licences

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say ‘what ‘the ~attorney- -general
replied. - “

“An. RCMP ‘spokesman said
there. was “ample justification”
for the ‘papers ° being served
-when they. were. and that: the
policeman approached. the Som-
mers:.-home’ only. after: noting
that the lights were on and ‘see-
ing. “obviots signs of activity,”
—* The Spokesman said, Sommers,
who ts.’ son, ball. awaiting his

dn ;. Conservative “Support.
‘Brokenshire’s * . total was. way}:
‘EBabove the 252 votes won ‘by ‘the |.”
Conservative: in 1956. The: ‘Lib-|-

 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

   
    
   
 
 

   
   
   
  
 
 
 
 

nered 2,172.
Almost, 80 per cent of the 13,-

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¢ "Mr.- ‘Brothers | ‘told: “supporters oo
fata ‘post-élection: party: here: he’
will: talk. “with. “civic: : Officials
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pealetronif tiv: consecutive
one-year ‘jail sentences,. appear-

 

ed at the door fully" dressed and|

smoking a ‘cigarette: ‘almost. im-
. mediately after the Officer
knocked: .

“That is not. fair, " Mrs. Som-
mers. said.
the truth.” —

She said both she. and her
husband ‘were - sound asleep
“when she was. awakened by a
“heavy rapping.’

Man fined $100

after mishap

Frederick Harold Johnson,
1634 Eleventh Avenue East was
fined $100, costs and prohibited
from driving anywhere in Can-
adg for three months, when he
pleaded guilty to a charge of
impaired driving when he ap-
perred in police court this morn-
ing.

“Magistrate B. 'T. Applewhaite
uso fined Johnson $10 for driv-
ing a car while his right to ob-
tain a driver's Hcence wags under
sugpension, The charge arose
from an accident November 30
when the car Johnson was driv-
ig ended up in a diteh In the
200: block Isleventh Avenue East.

No sign of tug

‘A search yesterday in tho
Queen Charlotte Islands by 45
men, three aircraft and more
than na dozen vessels failed to
tiifn up any clues :to the fate
ofa 36-foot Lug miasing since
Friday with one man aboard,
RCMP at subdivision sald todny.
*While a ground party directed
by" ROMP and RCAF officors
starched beaches on Graham
Txland, pinnes and vessels cove
ered a jarge tron of noarby
reer secklIng the tug Kaleco
YY with jts Jone oeeupoant,
'The Keleo I, owned by Kelly
logging company of Vancouver,
was onan tip to duakatin Inlet
from Cumshewn Inlet when ra-
ported milasing Friday, Pollae
» deellned to reveal the name of
the man aboard,
"JA TO. Alrlines plang wos aut
sonreling the shoreline again to-
diy and the United States Const |
Guard also Joined in tha xonrch,

 

 

   
   

“They are not telisggest

   
 
 
   

anything lef t.

told

ing,
of its customers, .

"The commission knows of no
other electric power utility in
Canada which was required to
meet-a similar rate of expan-

sion" said Power Commissioner
H. J. Macleod,

The submission of the pub-
licly-owned utillty was accom-
panied by a st of statistics
showing the rate of growth be-
tween 1962-ahd 1958,

The number of customers has
grown In that time by 160 per
cont; the demand for power by
320 per cent; genornating capac-
Ity by 260 per cont: revenues by
300 per cent; and average resi-
dential consumption of power by
200 por cent.

WUGE CONSTRUCTION
TROGRAM

Chief Engineer and acting
Genoral Manager R, C, MeMor-
die told the Royal Commission
that, In the same portod,
publicly-owned utility had un-
dortakon n total of 2,101 cone
atruction projects at a total cout
Of $169,000,000. The construc-
ton program Included the bulld-
Ing of alx major hydro plants
ind additions to two others: 14
diesel plants and 60 additions:
five mobile diese) units, and ane
Kaa turbine plant.

At the same timo, otreuit miles
of transmission ine had been
Incronsod by 230 por cont, and
clroult mios of diatribution ne
by 180 par cont,

The total cost of the alx-yenr
construction program —~ $160,-

 

 

 

~“Fecelved ja. ite First $10, then. ‘$110. ‘and. now $I; 050. ‘Part. of |
the: money is for charity, part for Elizabeth’s education. The
unknown Elizabeth, facing her last Christmas, was attracted to

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~—CP photo.

Shrum C ammission hears
_ of B.C power problems

VANCOUVER—In the first day-long hearing of
the Shrum Royal Commission into the affairs of the
B.C. Power Commission, officials of the utility today
a story of “extensive construction, heavy finane-
and bold action” to meet the snowballing needs

 

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have eased this pressure and
would have improved the cost
position” said Mr. MeMordie,
“but ft was beyond the power of
the commission or its staff to
contro] the delaying factors.”
Enatier in ms presentation Mr,
McecMordie cited the three-year
Buttle Lake controversy, which
held up construction of the
Strathcona hydro electric de-
velopment.

Dr, W. oJ. MaeLeod teld the
Shrum Royat Commission that
“unless a rate inerease ts put
into effect In the near future,
the B.C. Power Commission Is
clearly headed for heavy operat-
Ing deficits."

Dr, Macleod gave these rea-
none!

J, High Interest rates are cost-
Ing the commission an addition-
al $1,000,000 a yonr,

4. Diesel energy ts relatively
high dn cust. The number of
diosel sorved arenas has steadily
Incronsed,

3 Insistent demands for rural

glectrification have resulted jn
nN Jow customer density and a
mounting avornge  investinent
por customer,

-4 Tho inerensed cost of hydro

plant construetion,
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Bingo numbers

The telephone number to
call df you reneh “Bingo” In
the Wks Lodge Vonse Bingo
vontout for Crippled Children
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“OTTAWA (Pa young

stituency of Springfield for’ the}
| Progressive ~gonservative 2 Ov--
ernment but a former Liberal |
cabinet minister. has taken over
Toronto Trinity.

Voting Monday—light in both
ridings—enabled Liberal Paul
Hellyer in Trinity to inflict the
first byelection setback on the
government since the 1957 gen-
eral ‘eletcion,

And in Springfield, Dr. Joseph
Slogan lost a comfortable Con-
servative vote margin but led
from the start against a resur-
gent Liberal candidate who took
over second place from the CCF.

The results restored the stand-
ing in the 265-member Commons
to 208 Conservatives, 49 Libcrats
and 8 CCF—just where it was
after the March 31 gencral elec-
tion. The Conservatives had stood
to achieve a new Canadian high
in the number of Commons
members ever held by one-party,
sel at 208 in March.

‘In four subsequent byeletions,
they now have retained Ontario
and Manitoba sents, taken the
Liberal stronghold of Mont-
magny—L'Islet in Quebee and
been foreed to return Toronto
Trinity to the Liberals.

Prime Minister Diefenbaker,
Just hack from his world trip,
Was expected to comment today,

Libernl leade? Lester B. Pear-
son enmlled the results a “power-
fw stimulus” and an Incdienation
beyond doubt of puble uneas-
ness regarding government pol-
cles,

   

tist has held the Manitoba’ con-

 

{ petitor, claimed. the’ “opposition ee
split the votes.and allowed’ ‘So- :

cial Credit to slip: in?”

-i SEEKS. LIBERAL. SUPPORT...;
His statement was echoed bs By

CCF leader Robert Strachan,

head of the legislature’ opposi-

tion. The Liberals, Mr. Strachan
said, must realize they. will‘have
to support CCF candidates in
future elections “to ensure the
defeat of the Social Credit gov-
ernment.”

Premier Bennett, following
election returns in his legisla-
ture offices in Victoria, said the
decision is an “endorsation of
the government.”

“This represents general sup-
port of the government. It was
almost a general election, in a
way. And it removes any thought
that there will be an early gen-
eral clection.”

“SIGNIFICANT” DROP .

Liberal leador Arthur Laing
felt the government was “heav-
ily diseiplined” by the voters

while Conservative chief Deane

Finlayson found the drop in So-

clal Credit votes “significant.”

The governmeng platform,
presented In person by Premier
Bennett and u battalion of cabi-
net ministers, featured .C,'s
road ~ building program and
other public works,

While Sommers himself was
mentioned only Infrequently by
opposition speakers, they stros-
sed that morality in government
Was an issue,

The results left the standings
In the logislature unchanged:
Socinl Credit 38, CCF 10, Liberal

 

 

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accompanied by a person au-

thorized by the superintendent

to examine persons as to their
abilty

the highway unless, in addi-

-tion of any licence or permit

which he is otherwise required
to hold under the Motor Ve-
hiele Aet, he is the holder of a
subsisting driver's licence is-
sued tea. him pursuant to the
provisions of the Act. — .

 

 

to drive. and operate
motor vehicles, shall drive or
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Soviet Mericulture

-jat a meeting: ‘Monday of the So-
viet Communist Party’s ‘central
committee, came after..a-~ new

officials Khrushchev
from power in the
shakeup in. Juiy, 1957, .
' Accounts of the speech today
in Tass, the Soviet news agency,
gave no indication of whether
further measures would be taken
against the five men—ex-pre-
miers Malenkov and Bolganin,
former ‘foreign ministers Molo-

toppled
_ Kremlin

\tey and Dimitri. Shepilov’ and

former .cconomic czar JLazar
Kaganovich, All have been ban-

 

 

ished to obscure posts in the
Sovict Union. .

PDP DLGE DIPLO DPOP

CHRISTMAS TREE SALE SLATED
THIS WEEK BY ROTARY CLUB

There will be Christmas trees later: this week if the

Rotary club: is
tomorrow afternoon.

successful in its

“Christmas ‘tree unt"

About two dozen Rotarians are scheduled to leave the
Department of Transport dock at 1 p.m. tomorrow, heading
for Digby Island. Chairman for the project is Norman McClary.

‘The Rotarians hope to gather about four or five trees
per man and the Yuletide harvest will go on sale Friday and.
Saturdiy at the empty store at 508 Third Avenue West,

opposite the Capltol, Theatre.

Money from the project goes to Rotary charities
Thore may be on second oxpedition. to Digby Island to

“find Rotarians,
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| Lourmais
postpones bid

ROSTON BAR, B.C. @—Louls
Lourmats today poktponed nn
Mtempt to swim ithe mighty
Hell's Gnte Canyon on tho Vra-
sor Rivor whon ley roads mado
It impossible for hiv party to wot
to the Jumpoff point,

Tho Pronch frogman, who fg
trying to awim the Fraser rivor

from Prince George, B.C., bo the

Kon atl Naw Wostiminstor, sot out

 

  

Khrushchev’s new blast, -made |: ":

 

press campaign against the five

 

 
 
   

 

      

Gen. ‘Ivan: Serov, who was re-
moved last. week from: his -key :
post .as chief of state ‘security, | -
the Soviet Union’s top police of-
ficial. .Serov’s future has. not -
been 2 announced, ‘but so far he

‘has not: been: linked with | the. af

anti-party. group. °.. tae

‘Khrushchev claimed “Malen:.
kov,.Molotoy and their disgrac~
ed associates:

1. “Tried to stifle the patriotic
movement for catching up with
the United States In per capita
production. of livestock produce.”

2.. Opposed: the Virgin. Land
Project, a pet Khrushchey
scheme which he boasted had
proved the key factor in ‘bring-
ing a record grain production of
140,000,000 tons this year,

3,-Attempt to “revise: the
party's general Leninist Ine. on
basic issues of the country's de-
velopment.” - In this, he said,
they “failed ingloriously,”

4. “Stubbornly opposed for ti
number of yenrs the realization.
of important measures in agri«-
culture and thereby retared the
development of the Sovict econ-
omy,”

The group, he continued, was
responalble for “the diffleult site
untion in agriculture that de-
veloped by 1053." “He accused
Malenkov of decelving the party
to cover up his failures,

‘Khrushchev ‘bonsted that’ do-
splte tha shortcomings In var
lous Molds of agriculture, the Bo-
viet Union alrendy is ahend of

{tho United Stutos.in total pro-

duction of wool, butter, mille and
cotton,

Narty Cm ERE IO MeN Fmt Ae ou MENON Hl BO ts me dnp enmERENOE

TRAIT, —"Phly clly Monday

completed its fourth suacesslve
yoar without n traffle tutuiity—
the hea} record in British Colum.
bi for centres over 10,000 popu-
lation,

 

WEATHER—

Ran this morning, vartablo
eloudiuess with ao few show
ore bhow onfter, continuing
mild. Winds southerly 30

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