June 1,1984 Newsroom 985-2131 37.4 cent litre common price KEEPING UP with the gasoline price has motorists as confused as they are happy with the savings they’re chalking up. To deadline for this edi- tion of the News, most — but not all — North Shore gas stations were pumping regular gas at 34.7 cents. By the time you read this, however, that could change. That happened earlier this week, when gas prices rose to normal levels, just under 50 cents a litre for regular, and then plunged back to the 34.7) cent mark within a matter of hours The | ower Mainland. wide gas price war erupted over the weekend, spreading from Richmond where a deter mined battle between oa Domo ostabhon and mayor petroleum distributors has been gong oon far several months The prime cutting spread slowly inte Nateourvet where station operators chopped proes to draw back customers dbivimgp ote Ric bamenal and then blossomed from there tee CONCH the datite Lowel Moatolanad By MARK HAMILTON Prices stayed low through Saturday, Sunday and Monday but were returning to normal levels by Tuesday morning, as reported in Wednesday’s News. They didn’t stay there for long however, with a new round of price-cutting beginning by late afternoon that appears to have been centred on the North Shore. Petroleum company spokesman can’t say what touched off the second round of price cuts, but the loss of revenue, estimated at asomuch as a millon dollars a day across) the lower Mainland, hasn't dett them happy Motorists om the other hand are pleased as punch with the pasoline savings While few was stations are reporting bae ups, mast say there has been a steady stream oof customers over the past fiver sex days Police issue door warnin WES I VANC CFL VER Proothee trae a me SNaagee floor Tron ests Ope una your att deren trader tear ag aay rast ootaly toe atisate wos Whe wal Phe wari comes after Pwo recent aecndents on the Noth Shore rawaodvcny Drove dists bay one of Chase oa VY year old wooltth ad i was billed after ste collided with a hoor Polke port ta section 204 | Reaching Ey of the Motor Vetiche Act that tnakes the driver Of a cat responsible for cusuriiig doors are opencd satedy A person strall mot open the door of a motor vebicle en the side avathable to meoxvinp traffic unless and antilootoas reasonably sate to bee see ated ww pessoty strall sree leave oa hor Open for louer tha as necessary to load oon unmboad the Mentor passctipes ‘ Nehiche Act Sab s Classified 986-6222 Circulation 986-1337 Price 25¢ orth Shore’s UBC grads: A13 THE VOICE OF NORTH AND WEST VANCOUVER north shore settles in. PAGE Al 1. _PAGE B5 NEWS photo Terry Peters RICK PETERS (foreground) and Dean Larusson are two of a 12-member work crew cutting and conatructing a trail in the Upper Lyan Creck area. The trial will allow expert assessment of the region, currently closed to the public, with an eye (o establishing a wilderness park. er