- questions which .
_. missioner, Ted Gwartnéy of | wish to . discuss — ‘with the - purposes. The conversion —
... the. British. Columbia ° assessor. In the case of any from actual value. to |
; 7 Assessment Authority errors ‘in’:valuation or in- “assessed value” for: school
~- announced © ‘today — that — terpretation the assessors are. and hospital purposes is as .
mailing | of. the: bulk: of the. required. ‘to. “facilitate the - follow-: Residential (15. per .
‘ 1979 - Assessment Notices | Changes with a:mihimum of cent of actual” value);
was finished on:December 1. inconvenience. and’ ‘red tape’ Business. (25 ‘per cent: of |
- Because. of address changes for property owners.” —_ actual value); industrial (30
. or other reason, if property — . _ per cent of actual value).
- owners do not receive a In the event ‘they are still
notice by mid-month they | dissatisfied with . the ex-. -This is the second. year of .
Should contact: their” area ~ planation they may file a the phase-in of residential.
_ assessor. complaint to. the Court. of and -business_ properties. so.
- ~ Reveion. which . must be the. “assessed. value” of some
“With one million ‘notices . delivered . not ‘later’ than properties may not yet be. at
mailed and the continual January 20, 1979 ‘to the the. prescribed level of | 15.¢ or
‘movement of owners it is _ assessor. : _ 25 percent respectively.
understandable that some . ws 9»:
Owners may not immediately Mr. ‘Gwartney pointed out | Mattmnust be remembered .
_ receive ‘their notices,” ‘said. that the members of the — hase-i y tthod was
- Mr. Gwartney. “9. Po ee Courts of Revision are PUase-in merhoe ws
Lon, developed to immediately .
appointed by the Lieutenant- 1 ‘over-assessed
ned _ He suggested th that. the best Governor in Council:and are pert ° d craduall
_way for an.owner to trace a - entirely independent of the Proper #es an d & S ced. :
_ missing notice is to phone or Assessment Authority. . Increase’. undcer-assessee.
write to. the. assessment: _ properties so that - these:
_ office concerned. “In many The basic ~ _assessment , socted > the t Mel i be sub-_
cases the. notice: “ill have procedures are the same as jecte diat i 6 1ota eet
= been’. returned’ the for ..1978. The assessors | ‘ames iately.’ a
; * assessment office: and only. - determine the actual value -He explained. that last
; : _ requires to: be remailed,” ” he (market value) of. ‘each year; because the assessment.
Said... -- property and its procedures and the
: "classification... Assessment Assessment -Act were -
Mr. Gwartney said, “Te is notices are then-produced revised, many  property--
' ‘important that. property that show the owner, the . owners, quite correctly,
owners get their 1979 notices. value placed on the property _looked at the overall system
in. case they have any by “the assessor, and the | very critically..
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married to Shirley Jean
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New Democratic — ‘Party

leader ‘Tommy Douglas. ° :

. But that was long and far

away. Sutherland is. now’
married to French-Canadian.
actress Francine Racette and
has a son named Roeg (after

director Nicholas Roeg), in
addition to twins from the
previous marriage.

" Sutherland is a long way
from. St. John,.New Brun-

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and started his career an-

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His original interest at:

university | “was in
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Herbert Whitaker: noticed
him in a production. of ‘The
‘Tempest’ and - encouraged
him to go into acting.

Sutherland” ‘went to

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| ‘Page 60, December 13, 1978 - North Shore News

_ Sutherland’s first role on -
“the London stage was in —
‘August For the People’. ~
which starred. Rex Harrison —
‘and. Rachel: ‘Roberts. Other
plays and television specials :
and series followed.. .

‘In 1964; he was spotted by

producer Paul Maslansky.

He and director Warren

Kiefer gave Sutherland his
first film role in "The Castle
‘of the Living Dead’ made in

Italy. He played two roles, a
soldier and a witch.

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Prior,

united:

two great’

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Bujold. played opposite

Sutherland and she’ Ss _Can- 4
adian. too! .

. ‘to. _M* At s* “He ae
Sutherland. had built a solid:
reputation on the: basis of:13 fl:
‘films, the most memorable .
“being ‘Joanna’: in which he ~.)
played » a: dying aristocrat. .
- But. ‘the honor: of: ‘having *
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presences on one set ‘goes to... - “
‘Almond and his ‘Act. of the f°
‘Heart’, in which ‘Genevieve

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