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The Province from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada • 2

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The Provincei
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Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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J' TUB PROVINCE, Thurwluy, July 0, IMS JiliMiiiiimiliilimmmtiiiMiiiiiiimiiiiimiiiiimiiiimiimmimiimm Tl IE PROVINCE Law firm ordered lo slash its fee ACTION LINE ny, just prior to our leaving England, fur a return of our li deposit. However, they refused to return it tay big the insurance matter had to be cleared up before we would receive It. We didn't agree with this since we were obviously not at fault. Regardless, surely almost nine nioiilhi Is lung enough to reach an insurance settlement in such a minor accident, ('an ju give us any help? (It. Wallis, E.

Amos, Vancouver). WE HAVE 25 cheque sitting on our desk. An accompanying letter explained that Swan had just recently recovered their losses in full. We'll pass on the cheque. Action Line finds the oiu(ioni to rir' problem, cuts red tor dud standi up for reudtrt' rights.

For help, unit cart of The froumce at 2250 Granville Street, Vancouver 8. IIUNCS ARE SIRE WIT ERENT in Hawaii. I.at March He rented an apartment in Honolulu. 'I he in it was 4275 a month plul fur (wo euia day', for (leaning and we bad lu leave a $200 security deposit. Hie deposit was to be refunded to us when we left the apartment providing we didn't tell any of the furnishings or do any permanent damage.

The day we lelt, the manager uf the Mix checked the apartment and said everything was in order. Although we weren't given the money Immediately, we were told it would be forwarded within a rouple of weeks. It is now mure than two mouths since we left Honolulu and the letters we've written have gone unanswered. I'eihaps a word from sou might help. (I'.

II, Abtiy, Campbell River). THE MONEY is on the way. A spokesman for Oceanside Properties said they had goofed in handling the refund. Deposit refunds are usually made within 30 days of vacancy, we're Udd. Somehow yours was overlooked.

They apologised fur the inconvenience and said they had never received your correspondence. volve "complex legal issues" and was not of greater importance to Mrs. Lang than it would have been to a woman with much less money. He said the ability lo pay should uperale only as a limiting, not an expansionary force. YOU SHOULD NOW have your refund.

The delay was due to the newness of the plan you were enrolled in, a spokesman said. Your policy was part of a group plan, he said, and since it was a new one certain aspects hadn't been defined. The plan was on a one lime premium and it hadn't been determined what would he refunded should the rieht be paid off. The interpretation had to be made tor the whole group involved, he said. Hence the holdup.

TORONTO (CP) 'Hie Ontario Supreme Court's taxing officer, who referees disputes between lawyers and clients over fees, has reduced to Sl.onO a bill scut a Toronto woman by a law til in. The taxing officer. William Mcllride, said the bill sent to Joan D. Lang by the legal linn of Krouhy and Chereover fur lutioi ial in cj a separalioii agreement did not seem reasonable. Mrs.

Lang was remarried In hockey broadcaster roster Hew ilt last May 29. Mcliride said in a page judgment: "The conclusion I have come to is that the yulf between the concept of the solicitors as to what is a reasonable fee in this case and what I consider reasonable is so great as to indicate that either they are hopelessly wrong or I am completely out uf touch with reality." Commenting on the fact thi.t Mrs. Lang was a woman of financial means, McBride said the case still did not in BECAUSE I WON'T RECEIVE the magazines 1 ordered from North American Reader's Service wilhiu l-'O days I cancelled lie contract. Then the magaiiiics started arriving. I returned them.

Then the hills came and threats of the culleclioii agency. I have written them live limes and the statements are my only response. I plumed the local office and i was told by the person who answered the phone that I would have to write a letter. I wrote to the manager in Seallle and received another form letter reminding me about my account. Can you help? 1 am wilhiu my rights, (1).

Vaniian, Vancouver). THEY'LL AGREE to cancel the contract, we're (old, if you send Iheui a notarised statement advising which magazines, if any, you received within the 120 days time limit. The credit manager said they guarantee the delivery of all marines subscribed to but they must rely un the various publishers. AT THE SAME TIME I look out a mortgage I applied for an accident and health insurance policy to cover payments with the Maritime Life Assurance of Canada. Hie premium fr this policy was $185 which I paid in full.

1 understood 1 would receive a refund uf the unused premium portion in the event (hat I paid off the mortgage early, lu April I repaid the mortgage and applied fur the insurance refund. To dale I haven't received the money. Can Action ine find out what the holdup is? Miss It. Slrull, Tilt Meadows). WE RENTED A CAR from Swan Rent A Tar in England, last September.

On the second last day we had the car, another driver backed into us while we were stationary. He tried to sound the hum to warn him we were there and discovered the horu didn't work. Ail the necessary credentials were exchanged and the names of witnesses were transcribed. We asked the car rental compa MPs push bill Woods pact forecast f-rP 11 tliflll; problems are unresolved and will continue to plague the industry," he said. Under the proposed agreement, IWA members would receive a pay increase of 73 tens an hour over two years on base rates of $3.72, as well as several improvements in fringe benefits.

Fallers, instead of being paid piece rates, would receive a daily mininum of toil s2. increasing to $83.44 in the second year of the WHERE THE VAWES LlSt li1riirTrt''SrTTi i'ti air services ito. continue to press for belter wage provisions and free hoard for members living in company bunkhntises. "We also think that the same good bargaining position would benefit all IWA members in such areas as vacation improvement and a meaningful pension plan instead of the butchered up, totally inadequate pension plan in the proposed settlement." FOOT HEALTH SHOES, FABULOUS SPRING AND SUMMER TP1 fly it yourself Special INTRODUCTORY FLIGHT LESSON Lonelcy A port A Fort Lanflley Scoplont Butt Phont H4 A4 St I BV PASCALS, til II I)-(ItAtf, UHLbS. 495 Beg.

22.00 lo 26.00 A TERRIFIC RANGE OF WIDTHS AND SlitS i Widlhl AAAA la Sun lo II All Solti Final bctuct'U (iruimlle anil i-jiiiHir M- 681-6811 Open Fridays 'lil 9 m. STORE HOURS: Grin Inditing Satwfoy OrtMLAll THUBi IH Til MM. I 5 MEM Hie pension agreement would proline a plan fully paid by the industry just before expiry of the proposed conl ract. r-reer did not elaborate on his criticism. He added, however: "With the price of lumber and plywood at an all time high, the proposed settlement is a cheap settlement for the industry and leaves many of the workers' problems unresolved." The Vancouver local said ils executive officers were unanimous in deciding to recommend opposition lu Uie settlement proposals.

"We are of Ihe opinion that the membership is not receiving a proper share of the increased prices now being charged for plywood, lumber and shingles." said president Syd Thompson. "One week before the union went on strike, the industry increased prices tor ply wood by five per cent This is the second five per cent increase this year." Thompson said prices also have increased for lumber and have reached an ail tune high for shingles. "The public al present is being robbed blind and all of Ibis lias nothing to do with the strike situation," he claimed. Thompson also concurred that log shoilages created by the falkrs' dispute have put the union in ils best ever position to hold out for belter results. "it is obvious to the Vancouver local lhat Ihe fullers' to drop court actions as part of the deal.

The arbitration measure in Ihe government legislation would settle just when employers will be required to institute a guarantee of pay cheques for all 3,200 longshoremen for at least 37 weeks in a year a provision of the March work contract that the employers say they cannot institute immediately because of loss of business caused by the strike. An employer representative said Wednesday night that only one in five of the longshoremen will he required when work first resumes because of the scarcity of ships. Lewis said in Ihe Commons that the II, A had acted against the interests of the dock workers and organized labor in Canada in resisting a negotiated settlement. Rut he also denounced the port employers as "utterly irresponsible" in taking action to spill up work gang's when, he said, they knew it would provoke a work stoppage. The union had fallen into a trap, Lewis said The employers had begun lo regret the job security provisions agreed in Ihe March work contract and provoked the illegal strike.

Notice was given later Wednesday of a government motion in the name of 1'rime Minister Trudeaii that Ihe Commons should adjourn imlil 21) after passage of Ihe foreign takeovers and family allowance bills or at Ihe close of the regular Ml I urn Friday, whichever comes first. job guarantees would he decided by compulsory arbitration and the arbitrator would be empowered to alter the terms of a job-security agreement included in the March contract. In addition, Ihe federal labor minister would be empowered to order binding arbitration of any cnnlinuiug or in tier disputes during the duration of the work contract, which lasts until the end of 1S74. No penalties are included in the bill. Hut O'Connell said backup provisions in the Criminal Code carry a penally of up to two years in jail lor anyone who violates a parliamentary order.

The Maritime Employers Association, representing port employers, welcomed the government's move. The union was nn committal in a comment, The enforced federal settlement leaves the union facing court actions by the employers. Even as the Commons was debating the special legislation, Quebec Superior Court slapped a total of $12 500 in fines on the Montreal il.A and four of its officers for violating provision of back toworlc injunctions in May. The employers also have lodged suits against the union, The union had resisted a government settlement proposal Tuesday on the grounds that it wanted the employers Now is Ihe time to go on a spree and replenish your wardrobe with fabiiluus buys in our brand name comfort shoes in walking heels, dress heels, cuhan heels, and casuals in blacks, browns, blues, patents, whiles, lionet, beie and reds. Vote slated on liospilul COURTENAV (Special) -A referendum "in the neighborhood of $25 000" is expected to go before the rale-payers of luad district 71 on or before Dec.

1 for construction uf a new wing at the 77-year-old Cumberland and District General Hospital. The wing would be Ihe first step towards a new hospital lo replace Ihe old structure. Approval in principle of the vole was given to a committee set up to save the hospital at a meeting of the Comox -Slrathcoua Regional Hospital board following talks bclween hospital officials and ileallh Minister Ralph liifmark. hilling ilciilli OSAKA, Japan (Renter) One person was killed and 14 were injured by lightning in a busebali park here. Ill lluiihmd Death trade liooin BANGKOK (AP) Thai-lands chief executioner, who has 107 notches on his machine gun, is doing brisk business.

Mui Joiihareon. 59. chief executioner of Bangkwaiig jail executed seven persons 111 Ihe first lluee weeks of June alone. He gets 350 bald ($17 50) an execution on lop of his 1.200 baht (SOU) monthly salary. The National Executive Council, headed by Field Marshal Thaunui isillikaclioru, winch came to power in a successful coup elal last.

November, so far has ordered 10 persons executed fur "serious criiiies." 5AII lift- 1- -1 SI I BY AltCii KKlv. Keg. 27.00 18" WHITE f'HOSS, AIH II II 4 JSS Keg. 20.00 lu 221)1) A 619 Dunsmuir St. lite ionr CiiAIUiEX Chess inalch HUGf fUHHIlUKI BE ELI 3 CI Air I i eKinir 1 jauiil planiHMl OTTAWA (CP) Three Canadian Pacific DCS jets, chartered by the federal trade department, will fly into Peking next month carrying Canadians bound for this country's I) i trade fair abroad.

The airlift will dramatize CP Air's all but-offii ial position as the air carrier designated by Ihe government lo serve China once franchise arrangements have been worked out willi I'eding authorities. "If there is any message to be read into Ihe operation, that would be it," remarked one Ottawa official. The government lluis far has refrained from singling out a carrier for the China service, intimating that both CP Air and Air Canada are in the running. However, informed sources have been hinting for several wee'ds lhat in fact the issue has been decided and lhat Canadian Pacific, which already flies lo Tokyo and Hong hong and which briefly held landing rights in China prior lo the Communist takeover, is in line for the franchise. More than persons have been booked on Ihe three bailers, which leave Toronto Aug.

13, 14 and 15 Must are businessmen some 200 firms plan to exhibit at Ihe two week fair, whiih opens Aug. 21 hul places also have been reserved for 24 journalists and 20 lo 30 trade deoartnicnt ollii ials. Cost of the round tup Police name era-1 1 victim Police have reieasid Ihe name of a to year old youth who was killed when his cur left the 4ol Freeway In I au-glcy and rolled into a ditch Monday. lie Is Julian Robert Murray of liuinaby. Lyune Nullall, 33, of fiowen Island, a passenger in the car, wa in fair conihlion in the Royal Columbian Hospital uesday night THE CLASSIC MONTE CARLO $4500 This cIqmic dfliign hoi many dvantogel that iiuiit a dtimmtliation lo ditcvvir, I wont Monl Caila lo tht bos car yaii ovtl owned.

ii- tin)) 5'inu; BUECK ON BROADWAY 1305 7 I -771 1 LIMITED TIME ONLY SAL SHOP TONIGHT AND FRIDAY 'TIL 9 on if LuAe all early fulfilled tun other Soviet demands Wednesday night when he issued a condemnation of Lischer's behavior in failing to turn up in time and also admitted that he himself had violated the fide rules by granting a postponement of Ihe first niaich. Fischer holdout for more money brought Ihe prizes for hoih winner and loser to the highest amount ever in world championship chess. The winner will get $231,250 and the loser flss.JoO. lu New York Wednesday, an American professor who de-veloped Ihe system of ranking the world chess players said that is' her appeared to be losing fellow players' sympathy in what be called "a war of nerves" by both Ihe American champion and the opposing Soviet rielcgaiioii in Iceland. l-iuf.

Arpad E. Elo, whose system has been accepted officially by Hl)(j said that the chess world is gelling a llltle fed up," based on reac lions during the Loin Hi of July Western Open Tournament In Milwaukee. There was "a general altitude of impatience" with Fischer anions; the J20 participants, Elo said. Iloy iItouikmI SMOKE, (CP) Michael A. Spring, 10, of Sooke, was missed and res mad drowned Wednesday after a swimming accident 32 miles Norlh West of here.

A scan ll was lo resume today for the boy's body. 6fcE YOUR TRAVEL AGtNf JIB if vJIwM 0 is Spassky's demand for an apology fiom 1'ischer with the American signature on it. No bin document has yet been presented lo the Hussiaii world champion, but Euwe said he was satisfied that it would be forthcoming. Else her presented an apology of sorts Wednesday when he broke ins silence willi a statement regretting Ihe delay of the match. List her said it wis not Spassky's fault that Ihe match had been delayed and said he "respected (irandmaster Spassky as a player and man." Russian officials said the statement was expelled to satisfy Spassky If delivered lo him Willi I'lschei't signature attached.

Bil)l'-IIOlT 111 C7 muni Vancouver Island Itt'MI' have notified polne across Norlh America to be on Ihe lookout for a 25 year old man who quoted the bible and is wauled fur questioning ill a double murder at Tolinu two weeks ago. They say Joseph Burgess, alias Job Week, iormeily uf Jersey City, N.J., was a recent resident of Vancouver's daslown and lived lu I'm AI-b I just in iur to the slaying. Koond shot to death in their sleeping bags on Radar Htm ti weie Anne liurant, 22, of Vancouver and Leif Carlsson 22, ut Sweden. The bodies were discovered June 22. Police said Hurgi'fs.

who was camping on the beach the week the two were slain. Uses continual references to the bible in Ins casual lonvcita-lions. They now believe a auloniatic i if le was used In Hie twin shooting. It has not yet been recovered. Iwf vvv -T7 (O jLi xfrTllin! Tksa taking wtit Urmtf ly I 900 woodland PR, Qjgj.

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