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g part: ‘of 1978 was fined
$500. in North Vancouver
Provincial Court.

Alfred Morin, aged 52, of
1567 Fern. Street, was:
_ charged i in November, 1978,
‘after-it was discovered that,
Nighthawk. ‘Patrol Limited
“was | op: rating , as a private
investigation . firm, doing
mainly security guard
business, without a valid
Private, investigation licence.

Crown Counsel Robert

Anderson told the court that
the company’s licence had
_ceasedto. be valid on Oc-
‘tober 22; 1977, because the
necessary. bond had expired

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: bond had not been

“The court was. told that
Morin: had -been in the

security business for 15 years:

and did not -post «the

necessary bond because he —
was having: financial: dif- |

ficulties i in 1978.

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Allan “Meikle, . defense,
said that the matter of the
bond has since been
corrected.

"Meikle suggested that the
minimum $200 fine would be
appropriate.

But Judge John Layton
disagreed and said “this is a
matter the court has to take
seriously.”

“You know your em-
ployees have to be bonded,”
he told Morin. “You were
‘putting people who use your

‘service. in a very difficult
position.” -

11- employees, Anderson He fined Morin and
said such a bond would have Nighhawk the maximum of
cost about $8,500. £.$500 each.

A 2d-year-old North
Vancouver man who said he
‘drove to take his mother to
hospital because she had
fallen down the _ stairs,
pleaded guilty to driving

while under suspension,
recently -
Bradley Turnell, 3009

Royal Avenue, was charged
December 9 after being
stopped on Mountain
Highway for speeding.

Crown Counsel Robert
Anderson told North
Vancouver Provincial Court
that Turnell’s licence had
been suspended indefinitely
for non-payment of fines.

Turneli told the court that
the only reason for driving
was that his mother had

fallen down the stairs and
couldn’t get up and he was
on the way to take her to
hospital.

“Because of this con-
viction it’s (the licence) is
really going to be under
suspension,” Judge J.K.
Shaw told Turnell.

“You sound youre the sort
of person who shouldn't be
driving anyway,” Shaw
added.

He fined Turnell $250 and
said his licence would be
suspended for a further six
months to a year.

Shaw said he guaranteed
Turneli would get a jail term
if he drove again while under
suspension.

Community plan ready
for public hearing

The community plan for
the City of North Vancouver
is ready to go before the
public, after several years of
preparation

City council on Monday
voted to hold = a_ pubtic
hearing on the ‘City of North
Vancouver Community Plan
By-Law’ on February 19 at 8
p.m

While a question was
raised as to the location of
the mecting tt will probably
be held at the City Hall

The bylaw which will
make the community plan
official, was introduced and
Biven” first reading at

Monday nights mecting

GETTING
‘BOMBED’
IS DYNAMITE!

AND DRIVE.

ALL LINED UP and no place to go, except West Vancouver. ‘The intersection of Taylor Way and Marine Drive
shows its congested nature on a Saturday afternoon. (Terry Peters photo)

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