N. Van youth may face charges CHARGES OF possession of a narcotic and possession of stolen property under $1,000 are pending against a 15-year-old North Vancouver youth after a West Vancouver citizen complained to West Vancouver Police that two youths were prowling in his car et. 21, The complainant found his car had been broken into just after 1 p.in. and pursued the youths. Police located the pair, a 16-year-old and the 15-year-old, seven minutes later several blocks from the scene. A police dog was called in to confirm the tracks of the suspects. While a police constable was driving the suspects to police head- quarters, the 15-year-old removed articles from his pockets and placed them under the back seat of the cruiser. Police subsesquent- ly recovered two grams of marijuana and a pair of brown gloves. Police also recovered a $250 pager after searching the youths. The pager was found tc have been stolen the night before from a vehicle in North Vancouver. Komagata Maru commemorated THE KOMAGATA Maru Historical Society will be holding a public event at Centennial Theatre on Sunday to commemorate the Komagata Maru incident, in which 376 passengers from British India were denied entry to the country. At the time, when a freighter was chartered out of Hong Kong in 1914 by a group of Punjabis, East Indians were denied entry to the country by an order-in-council. East Indians had tc come to Canada by continuous passage from India, but no steamship line provided such 2 service. The local program, which begins at 7:30 p.m., includes a show- ing of Sharon Pollock's play, Tie Komagata Maru Incident. The play will be performed by Le Groupe Culturel Montreal SERAI. For more information call 420-2972. Xmas mailing dates announced CANADA POST recently announced the dates set tor this year’s flurry of international Christmas mailings. Identical dates have been set for items sent air mail, from any- where in Canada, to a number of international destinations. For Great Britain, Northern Ireland, Republic of Ireland, France, Federul Republic of Germany, Netherlands, Japan, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Sweden and Canadian Forces Post Offices, the mail- ing date is Dec. 1 for packets and parcels and Dec. 4 for cards and letters. For Australia, New Zealand, the Philippines and all other coun- tries in Europe, Asia, the South Pacific, Africa, South America and the Caribbean, the mailing date is Nov. 25 for packets and parcels and Dec. 1 for cards and Setters. Detailed information on postal rates, mailing dates and tips on the proper packaging and wrapping of parcels may be obtained at locai post offices. Forestry project gets $60,000 A COMIZUNITY forestry project sponsored by the District of Squamish has received $60,000 from the provincial government under the new $5-million community forestry program, Forests Minister Dave Parker and West Vancouver-Howe Sound MLA and Speaker John Reynolds announced recently. Under the cost-shared program, the province pays up to 75 per cent of each project’s cost while the local government must raise at least 25 per cent of the funds, Parker said. Squamish Mayor Phil Turner welcomed the announcement and said Squamish has raised $20,000 towards the program. Reynolds said special work, including spacing and pruning of trees, will be done on 90 hectares of land. Other demonstration projects showing good forest management techniques will also be undertaken. The province-wide program, aimed at improving the value and growth of immature forests on Crown or municipal lands, should create 750 short-term jobs across the province, Parker said. Residents won't lose sleep 5 - Wednesday, November 1, 1989 - North Shore News over NV interchange work RESIDENTS CLOSE to the Lonsdale Interchange construction site can sleep easy after North Vancouver City Council voted to not allow work on a temporary watermain to continue through five consecutive nights. A proposal forwarded by the ci- ty engineering department had Suggested noise bylaw exemptions between the hours of 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. for up to five weekdays. But Ald. John Braithwaite said five nights of lost sleep for resi- dents was unacceptable. Although Miller Contracting assured the city there would be said any noise above the estab- lished decibal limits was excessive. “The noise control officer wouldn't have set them (the decibal limits) if they weren't ex- cessive,’’ said Braithwaite. The city has directed the con- struction company to work two consecutive weekends between 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. FREE Personality test Your personality determines § your happiness — know wh,'? 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