“Banking trends in British .
Columbia . continue to be
marked by strong. ‘gains in
- both loans and saving-depos-
. its, according to a provincial:
banking spokesman. - Leos
“That's the word from G.T
-Ormston,: chairman of. “the |

Hot on the heels of

solar-heated homes. comes
another proposal for: cutting

in a small ‘yillage- in
Honduras, young Augustina’
Ramos gets up before dawn
and sets off on her first task
of the day - collecting water .
for her family. Seven times
during the day Augustina
must repeat her arduous
task, over a mountainous
path, through dense tropical -
growth, to the nearest river. —
The jug she carries is heavy,
but she is determined. that.
her family get enough water
for their needs.
_. As she walks, Augustina
worries. Her younger sister
and her baby brother died
last.. year, ‘and
learned that the water she
_, fetches’ so laboriously may
actually be killing the family
she is trying to help. Each
year over 5,000,000 babies
- die from water-related dis-
eases before their first:
birthday. .
The burden of being the
family’s water carrier also
deprives innumerable child-:
ren of their education. Very.
often they are taken out of
school because their families,
need them to catry water, In™
some areas, ‘schools are
actually closed during the
dry season so that the.
children can spend the entire .
morning hauling water.
_'-Because of the plight of
‘these children, the UNICEF
- Hallowe'en campaign ‘this
year. will focus on clean. .
water, the . single - most

important element ‘that aff- -

ects the health of all
. children:
Disease has fallen sharply

in areas where safe water has .

been provided. In Bangla- |

desh a well was sunk near a
house where 25 orphans
were living. For the first time |
in their lives, these children

Pa

"page 28, October 26, 1977 - North Shore News...

lowe’ on [Unicef Canai is

she ‘has .

Association; after. looking at

the latest figures‘on banking | ;
_ trends in the province. © :

Ormston ‘says loans and th
other. assets of the banks in...
B.C. exceed deposits, and

related items by. more. than

Ormston ‘is - senior wice--

_ president and.:regional gen-
eral manager, Canadian Im-.
_perial Bank of Commerce.

 Ormston said the figures

showed ‘a strong savings.
trend in the province with ©
.,personal

‘Savings totalling
$5.76 billion against $4. 77

: billion a year earlier. |

down “residential energy
“needs—underground. hous-’
ing. OEP EN ls aa

2 got | pure. water to drink. ‘tt
worked wonders! The woman

in charge . commented, .
‘When - they came. here,
almost all of these children

were ‘sick with dysentery!
‘ Some of them died. But there
“has” been no sickness for |
“some time now. I think it‘is |

‘the new well.’’

“This °. Hallowe’ en, .

of these other little ones, for

whom a drink of clean water
is almost a luxury. They
know that even small chan-
ge, through UNICEF; can -
‘change smail lives and: they |
are counting on us to help

them i in their crusade.

[ squamisi:

: months to March 31

. when
Canadian: childrer. :‘‘trick or _
‘treat’’ they ‘vill be.thinking |

higher,” rat.
: ‘techniques F

| “tics Columbia committee | a
of the Canadian --Banker’s ~~

"were up about 1T per’ cent.t9..
$1.78 “billion — outstandi
from
$880 million, continuing .a -
long-time trend that has the ae
» banking. industry putting _

$1.51 billion © a@year
earlier.

~ Another’ area of strength th

“more money to work in the. was the banks’. small busin

- province. than it! receives: in’ ;
. deposits. Dae

ess loans. with an increase of a.

26. percent, to.,$1:27 billion ©

from $1.01 billion during t the.
same period :

These loans: average about .

$18,000: each and, account for}

about 90° per. ‘cent. of: all”
individual: ‘busine:
the banks. - |

‘The: figures | are the tf latest al
~ available: from: the ‘Bank-: ‘of.

Canada. ‘and cover ‘the |. 12

‘Two University of Toronto.

civil engineers, Jean Claude.

Roegiers | ‘and’ John Timusk, °
say _ underground. ‘homes:

shouldn’t be considered .un-:
_ usual | because they ©
been. around for. centuries. :.

have’

‘And they could chop: energy -
bills to almost € nothing. :

generated: by. the body and ~

- lighting. ‘could’ ‘be. enough, —
“and: in the ‘summer’. there
‘would: be’ no™ need, for air
“conditioning,” -

Roegiers _

‘ould’ “be:

itive with”

. housing. -

A University of Houston.
: study found: that to. construct:

_ @ proposed ‘campus building

underground would cost'$28.”

a square foot, vs $25 a square

foot on the’ ‘surace. Although

the | ‘initial. cost. “would: be
least: until: the”
“bur :

_ground housing: are: refined,

“ehetgy savings :in’ the long °*
: this: would. ‘more than, offset’
tl is. a

898-9012 _

be i issued
in. ~10-,°

“on the guages
the - first’ trilingual

“create. ae _ shining” fantasy

Iaatpoole ta and Retail

VANCOUVER : 921 a1 Moving and Storago
Industrial etc.

“The three new st inps, ‘to

‘oder,

ones
issued by’ the Canada Post”
_ Office...

“Ronald. aG. 2

‘White

-and has depicted the: hunter.

braves following the star, in
“awe of the angel choir and in -
~ adoration of the Child. White.
has “used a‘ combination of .
| - | © brilliant ‘colours - and © tradi- |
“Tf you build ahotise deep:
enough in the: ground, heat’

tional . Indian - designs - to

world wo

~Roegiers and Timusk fave.
o fue 3 far been unsuccessful in~
a ‘the
we ‘well, ‘housing. ‘density. sf it. quest for funds to
“increased.” since.
underground homes. would;
- touch without’ anyone. notic-~
ing ‘it.The. ‘technology .
| available and cost is com;

mstruct a. prototype’ under-~
“ground home, writes Robert.
~Steklasa in’. The Financial”

Post. It would. ‘be a luxurious -

nw . $100,000 ° structure, heavily
| -conventiol al “energy performance. -

instrumented. to. monitor its”

"There i is 5 fart more interest
‘in underground ‘buildings in
“the U.S., Roegiers says. At ”
“the. University of Minnesota”
in Minneapolis, for example, _

being ‘constructed. And the ©
“U.S: government is funding”

the construction of a comp-

' Tetely: underground village of
AS: 20 homes‘ in. Ari izona.

_ gelebration. to ‘be enjoyed. by
_all, but it is. particularly a
Ostober: 26, er

1. 25-cent the: designs. chosen, this year
: evoke -
7 excitement —

wil be them

rae .
* Stroud, Ontario prepared the . | ft
illustrations. for .the stamps [|

/an’ underground ‘library is

time for thildren, and I'think’

the” - wonder ~ and-

that” children”

year” said “Mr: Blais ‘in
‘making his announcement. oe

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