CONTROLLED POLLINATION being carried out.in Vancouver District seed or-

chard fs one of the keys to developing higher-yield timber.

~ and selection,” .

- The formation. of a
government-industry agency
to work toward development
of genetically - superior

.. harvestable trees in B.C.’s
‘coastal region has been .

announced by = forests
minister Tom Waterland.

To be known as the Tree
Improvement Council, the
organization’s primary
objective will be the further
establishment of tree seed
orchards: from which
genetically improved seed
will be available. The im-
proved seed, in turn, will be
used for new forests with
superior growth and quality
characteristics.

Waterland said -trees

grown from seed collected in

first generation seed or-.
chards produce up to 10 per
cent more wood. “And with
‘controlled cross-breeding
he added,

“subsequent generation

Another

bid for
the Bay

The world’s largest baker,
Georger Weston Ltd.,
announced last week it is
considering making an offer
for control of the Hudson's
Bay company.

Stock exchanges across
the country suspended
trading of shares of both the

Bay and Weston’s Ltd.

A Food Business
Opportunity

A long and well established Pizza business in
North Vancouver is looking for an owner-
operator to run this business on a franchise
partnership arrangement. This is a profitable
business but interests in other areas require
that | seek a dedicated operator to run this

location.

Interested parties must have a good credit
rating and good standing in the community and
should have at least $30,000 cash to invest.

Include a resume of your personal and financial

background to:

North Shore News
Box 412
1139 Lonsdale

North Vancouver, B.C.

Shareholders in the Bay
are already considering an
offer made by the family of
the late Lord Thomson of
Fleet. The deadline for
acceptance of that offer is
less than two weeks away.

It is felt shareholders will
probably wait until the last
minute in order to see what
Weston’s has to offer.

Full Dey $60

and ys.

North & Weet Vancouver School Boerds
Adult Education Department

NORTH SHORE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE

EMPLOYMENT TRAINING, UPGRADING
AND REFRESHER COURSES

T Business Arithmetic

Shorteend Office Procedures

Bookkeeping Business Machines
Business English

8:30 am - 3:00 pm at Delbrook Secondary School
G31 W. Windeor (entrance off Stantey St.)
Morth Vancouver

MONTHLY FEES
Mornings $40 Afternoons $30

MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY
COURSE

A Medical Terminology course will be taught
at the School of Commerce on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays trom 10 AM - Noon
with optional typing instruction on Tuesdays

This course teaches the language of medicine
to prepare students for clerical
stenographic work in any medical fleid.
FEE: $50

For information call 965-0741
Adutt Ed. Office 8:30-4:30
960-2713 School of Commerce 8:30-3:30

NEXT INTAKE will be week of APRIL 2

Weston’s, apart
being the world’s
baker,

from
largest
is also the second

‘largest grocer, and owns 900

companies, 300 of which are

Its offer to purchase the
Bay is seen as a bid to block
the offer made by the
Thomson family.

and

by

orchards are expected to
result in a 15 to 40 per cent
gain.in wood volume.”

He said main objectives of
the program’ include
establishment of enough first
generation orchards to
provide seed for 40 million
improved seedlings annually
1995, and the
establishment of even: better
second generation orchards
between 1985 and 2000.

Tree breeding. and seed
orchard work has been
underway for a number of
years throughout many areas
of the province. Under the
general guidance of the Tree
Improvement Council a
planned program will be
developed with both groups
playing a cooperative role to
further expand this program.

“further.

Chevron Canada Limited

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GASOLINE FACILITY
Main & Min. Hwy. N.Van -
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8 to 4 Weekdays

_ Page 19, Apsil dy 1979. Sunday News

- The council is. gomprised .
of representatives from B.C.
Forest Products Ltd.,
Canadian Forest Products

Ltd., Crown Zellerbach
Canada Ltd., MacMillan
Bloedel Ltd., Pacific

Logging Co. Ltd., Rayonier

‘Canada (B.C.) Ltd., Tahsis

Co. Ltd., and the Ministry of
Forests. Other agencies may
be included in the.Council as
the program develops

Have You Heard The

Gossip?

- Find out at the -

Arts Club Theatre

, NOTICE

On March 8, 1979. the Honourable K Rafe Manr,
Minister ot Environment. ordered pursuant to the
Pesticide Control Act that the sale and/or application
of the herbicides 2.4,5-T and fenoprop (2.4.5-TP) be
prohibited in British Columbia until Juné 30, 1979

The purpose of this order was to allow time for
government authonties to examine technical evidence
on the use of these herbicides.

Any persons having information pertinent to this
subject are requested to provide this information in
writing to the undersigned on or before
May 15, 1979.

Tegid Jones.
Public Information Officer
Parhament Buildings Victona, British Columbia VBV 1X5

dl

om,

Province of British Columbia
Ministry of Environment