A4-Wednesday, October 8, 1980 . North Shore News utside... LONDON (UPC) - Canada has been assured its request for patriation of the 113-year-old British North America Act will receive clear sailing through the British parliament despite any lobbying by disaffected provincial premiers. The only questions concern the timing of the resolution, not the substance, environment Minister John Roberts told a joint news con- ference with External Affairs Minister Mark BRIGHTON, England (UPI) - Prime Munister Margaret Thatcher's governing Conservative party Tuesday roundly rejected opposition Labor Party demands for abolition of the House of Lords and charged this would be “a step towards creation of a Marxist state.” The Conservatives acted in a_ resolution passed unanimously at the start of the party's annual rank-and-file convention. The resolution declared that abolition of the upper house of parliament would be “a PEKING (UPI) - China sent a strong protest to the Soviet Union over a border clash that killed two people, accusing Moscow of deliberately trying to increase tension less than one month after new chairman Zhao Ziyang took over power in Peking. It was the first senous border incident between the two communist giants since July 1979 when a Chinese official was shot dead by Soviet troops tn Xinjiang province itn northwest China VANCOUVER (UPOs The death of Shana the world famous hiller whale that delighted founrists and Van couvertles for blo years with her Gaihy squabatic shows may have been caused by cancet But Vancouver an offteral at the Publis Return of BNA Act a step closer MORE WORLD NEWS BEGINS P Al7 MacGuigan Monday at Canada House. The question of unilateral Canadian action if Britain blocked the move did not arise during a series of talks Monday and on_ the weekend with British leaders, MacGuigan told a questioner. “We already have indications from the British government they would accept our (constitutional) con- vention,” he said. Lords abolition rejected by Tories step towards creation of a Marxist state,” and it urged that “the com- position and powers of the upper house should be strengthened and firmly established as a. safeguard against ar- bitrary government.” The Labor Party's annual convention at Blackpool last week heard left-winger An- thony Wedgwood “Tony” Benn demand that the next Labor government immediately create 1,000 new peers who would at once vote themselves and the House of Lord out of existence. China protests border shootout The latest clash reportedly occurred Sunday along the river Ergune in the remote Inner Mongoha region China delivered a “strong protest” note to the Soviet Embassy in Pcking Monday The Chinese said the incident sparked when four Sovict soldicrs crossed the icy mver in a motorboat and attempted to kidnap a shepherd. who was subsequently shot dead in a melec was local Death of Skana linked to cancer Aquarium so Stanley Park saul Monday the offve il aulopsy results were nel capected ta be released until late thas week oon carly neat week Dhre TM ve arr coded while wheeoh poerlormed four about san smaldien perscns over the past lt years dhe d Sunday avornuingy Punishment by instant transfer sought FROM PAGE A1 They called on the board to do its own share in helping discipline students caught using alcohol or drugs, especially at school dances and functions. Patricia Brawner told the board that a minority of Sentinel students misusing alcohol and drugs was the main cause of last year's complete cancellation of all school functions. “This denied the majority of students an opportunity for plain, ordinary fun. Everyone was penalized because of the activities of a few students,” Mrs. Brawner said. Now that school functions are again going to be part of Sentinel life, parents want to see stricter punishment meted out to students who spoil the fun. IMMEDIATE TRANSFER At present the usual disciplinary measure 4 principal takes is a five-day suspension for the student. Sentinel parents want the school board to change this policy to one of immediate transfer to another school after a first offence. “There is a strong feeling among parents that the new school administration be given every opportunity to start off well and continue with that momentum,” added John Cox. He said that parents gave the administration a standing ovation at its first meeting last month — something which Cox emphasized “has never happened before.” Well over 100 parents attended that meeting. Superintendent of Schools Ed Carlin expressed some reservations about im- mediate and permanent transfers. “In many cases we are dealing with a terrified 14- year-old removed from friends and his familiar school,” Carlin said. Although the school board can set a policy, the prin- cipal of a school has paramount authority over meting out discipline in the school Carlin added. Acting board chairman Lilian Thiersch told the parents that trustees will take their request under consideration, but that “much will depend on parental attitudes and ac- tions.” GUIDELINES NEEDED In a subsequent interview with The News Sentinel principal Doug Player said the offending students probably didn’t amount to more than“one or two per cent” of the school’s total current enrolment of 721. He supports the idea of compulsory transfer of first offenders to another school for the balance of the school year. “Let's face it,” he said, “the five-day suspension is “usually just a holiday — the offender may even come back asa kind of hero.” With compulsory transfers — which are standard policy with alcohol and drug of- fenders im the City of Vancouver school system — there is rarely a _ second offence, he added. Player, who was vice- Principal up to last June at North Vancouver's Carson Graham School, is_ en- uthusiastic about the reaction of Sentinel students to the “new look” he is aiming to give the school. DR. J. FRED REID - DR. G.F. COPITHORNE DR. R.D. De CAMILLIS announce the relocation of ther dental offices to Esplanade Centre Suite 310 - 255 West 1st Street North Vancouver, B.C. 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