A4-Wednesday, Sept outs Britain, concerned by increasingly “difficult and unpredictable” relations with Iran, closed its embassy in Tehran Tuesday and began deporting Iranian students convicted of violence during a demonstration outside the U.S. Embassy in London. A Foreign Office spokesman in London said its four last diplomats in Tehran and two em- bassy wives have left Tehran and were due home later today. “We have considered it HAMILTON, Ont. (UPC) - Liberal candidate Dr. Stanley Hudecki decisively ended a 12- year Conservative stranglehold on the federal riding of Hamilton West Monday, defeating P.C. candidate Jacqueline Isbester in a by-election by 2,700 votes. With all polls counted, Hudecki had gathered 12,778 votes on his third NEW DELHI, India (UPI) - Landslides in the Himalaya Mountains sent giant boulders and tons of earth crashing down onto India’s northeastern tca- growing region around the city of Darjeeling. killing at least 250 people and trapping 30,000 others, officials reported. Calcutta’s Statesman newspaper reported from Darjeeling, “hardly any house is left standing” in three villages close to the main town, following the avaianches caused by HALIFAX (UPC) Emergency work crews are trying to cap a gasoline Icak from two tanker cars involved in a 24-car derailment about 730 am on «N Railway's main line between Nova Scotia and Montreal Local Firemen, police 10, 1980 - North Shore News Landslides kill 250 in Himalayas Derailment causes gas leak. MORE WORLD NEWS BEGINS p. A17 Coce Britain closes Tehran embassy advisable to withdraw our representation in Tehran during the present dif- ficult and unpedictable period in our relations with Iran,” the Foreign Office said. It said Sweden will represent British interests in Tehran. At the same time, Home Secretary William Whitelaw Signed deportation orders against the first three of 72 Iranian = students arrested during violent anti-American demonst- rations outside the U.S. Embassy in London in August. Liberals win by-election attempt by election. Isbester had _ received 10,063 votes in the battle for the seat formally held by former Conservative Labor Minister Lincoln Alexander, while 8,309 ballots had been cast in favor of New Democrat Miriam Simpson. “We now have a doctor in the House,” Hudecki joked to cheering sup porters after the results of the vote became ap- parent. heavy monsoon rains in the mountains. “Reports said the office and camp of the border roads organization at Loahama village were destroyed in the land- slide, killing many personnel,” the newspaper said. Officials of West Bengal state satd Monday many more people were feared killed in the landshdes, bringing the death toll in India's monsoon) flooding to nearly 1,500 and CN crews from Halifax and Truro were hosing down the area and trying to cap the gas bul there were ao cvacuahion plans for the few hundred residents of nearby Alton about 60 hilometers Hahfax CN spokcsman Dave Butler said north of Last hopes for saving any part of the Stoker Farm were laid to rest Monday night as North Vancouver district council decided against taking any further steps to purchase the property at 29th and Lonsdale. The decision came as a sesult of North Van City's refusal last week to rezone the property for park use and forgo substantial annual taxes that will accrue once the property is developed. “I'm not going to belabor School enrolments down FROM PAGE A1 of special services in North Vancouver said. Fulton said there were about 217 less students in the system right now, than the school board had esumated. This is an error of 1.2 per cent, he said, over estimates taken last May. For the last few years, Fulton said, the North Shore has been changing in its basic characteristics, and this has caused the con- tinued decline in the number of students. This change, he said, “ts from a young family area to a damned expensive area.” Fulton said the enrolment figures were lower than expected partially because house prices in North Van climbed even faster than expected. Although the drop in enrolment = was underestimated, Fulton said, the school board had already planned for fewer teachers in the system. Ron Fenwick, the director of instruction, for the West Vancouver school board, disagreed with Fulton's estimate of the North Shore trend. He said the school board was only .6 per cent out tn its estimate of student numbers for this year and said that a declining trend had been slowed by an influx of ncw students. “We must be doing something right,” Fenwick said, commenting on the fact the point,” said Alderman Peter Powell. “But I regret that this historic site will be lost to perpetuity ... 1 think « the people in the year 2,000 will look back and say this was a lousy decision. But that's water under the bridge aow. District had offered to buy the property for $1.7 million if City would agree to rezone it for parkland use and exempt the District from taxation. City rejected the that 115 new students moved into the (WV school) district over the summer. This influx “slowed down a natural decrease,” he said. This decrease is a natural loss based on the fact that graduating class totals are about twice the size of class totals in the lower grades. “Actually we're kind of pleased,” Fenwick said. It should be noted in comparing North and West Van figures that while North Vancouver school board uses the total oumber of students at the end of last NORTH SHORE International Plaza Hotel 986-5201 Co-Ed Fri. Sat-Sun proposal in a motion saying it is “not prepared to change either the present zoning or the zoning designated in the City's Official Community Plan for the Stoker Farm property .~ . In his report to council, District Mayor Don Bell said, “I suggested that in view of the District's willingness to acquire the Stoker property ... with no contribution from the City towards the acquisition, the City’s forgoing of annual September for the purpose Vancouver of comparison, West held at Ambleside on Labour Day taxes might be considered reasonable as many City residents, both present and future, would also have ‘access to and benefit from the preservation of this site for park purposes.” Bell said he regretted that City “couldn't see the value of preserving the property.” District sovereign power and we decision.” taken at the end of June. ~“O’DAYS We Buy Sell Trade COMICS Open Every Day 985-2925 240 LONSDALE AVE. N.V. BOOKS W.V. Chamber of Commerce wishes to congratulate MRS. J. LEISHMAN. WINNER OF 20 Ib. Salmon Chamber of Commerce Coho Festival council agreed the City “is the abide by their uses figures nt gays a Keenan tO Sat & Sun. Mamto bpm.