| | A6-Wednesday, May 7, 1980 - North Shore News editorial page "NEWS VIEWPOINT Pubs and gasoline The application for extended hours by the Queen’s Cross pub on Lonsdale — turned down last week by North Vancouver District council — is yet another reminder that the “neighborhood pub” concept doesn't really work in B.C. Maybe it never can until the gasoline pumps run dry. As Alderman Peter Powell pointed out, the British pub so beloved by B.C. tourists was born in a different age, before the ad- vent of the automobile. Unlike its local imitators, it was not confined to commercial zones but quite often located in the midst of a residential area. As a result, most of its patrons visited it and returned home safely on foot. By the same token, it was (and still is) required to close at 10:30 or 11 p.m. — the time its neighbors go to bed. To this day, moreover, a good many British pubs remain small, intimate “mom- and-pop” operations — a quality which often adds to their charm, so long as mom and pop are happy to work long hours with minimal help for a very modest livelihood. In B.C.., however, such hostelries would uot be regarded as economically viable. By contrast, the B.C. version of Britain’s traditional Pig And Whistle — with its minimum 80-100 . seats, corresponding parking needs and confined to a commercial zone — almost inevitably tends to wind up merely as a classier version of our aative beer parlor. Short of encouraging a larger number of smaller establishments, and allowing them to locate within walking distance of many more homes, genuine “neighborhood pubs” seem doomed to remain a great idea whose moment has passed. Hero’s reward Just over a year ago Jev Tothill took on the thankless task of leading the moribund B.C. Liberal Party, a job nobody else wanted. Since then, largely at his own expense, Mr. Tothill has been striving heroically to breathe new life into the party — presently bereft of MLAs, funds and grass roots support. Now, the Grit backroom boys are mumbling about replacing him. 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North Shore Free Press Ltd Al nights ‘ese ved No responsibity accepted fo ae bohe beac talernca ron Manusc nots and pe tures stamped addressed ‘elurr woe ft ss ococabed tae: wearer ho fay ‘ ere velo ne VERIFIED GIRCUI ATION 50,870 49,913 Wednesday Sunday boyy! THIS PAPER IS RECYCLABLE | Gouna SN. YQ SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN WOOS B.C. It's a household word in the farmlands of B.C. and elsewhere in North America thanks to the well-known black and white Holstein cattle which have been “immigrating” ‘'o- this continent for several hundred years. But today there’s much more to Schieswig-Holstein -- the most northerly province of West Germany -- than cows and ploughs. That was the message brought to Vancouver last month by Dr _ Juergen Westphal, Schleswig-Holst- ein’s economic development Minister, durnng his trade mission visit to B C Although long -enowned for its farm products Schieswig-Holsteir 1s longer just an agricultural society. Devoid of almost al! natural resources except the land itself the drive in recent years has een to build up industry in order to no create jobs for a one-time farming population which is becoming smaller = and smaller with each = suc- ceeding generation, due to farm mechanization and consohdation. Among other things, the province was chosen as_ the site of one of West Ger- many’s first and largest nuclear power plants. It has one of Europe's biggest diese! plants. whose M.A K WESTPHAL ... “both sides will benefit”. engines power B.C. Ferries. It is also a growing centre of industrial research and development, as well as contributing important components to the NATO defence system. Kiel University, renowned for its marine biology department. is one of the most respected on the continent. These were some of the things Dr. Westphal. ac- companied by his executive , ‘More than cows and ploughs ) director Gernot Scheffler: came to talk about with his opposite numbers in B.C. and with leading per: sonalities in B.C. ji term wide a range of B.C in dustries as possible -- from fisheries to mining. from ° sulphur purchases tg. machine sales. - Schleswig-Holstein’s trade : ambassadors returned home weil pleased with the results of their visit “There appears to be no doubt in anybody's mind,” said Westphal before departing. ‘that our relationship will benefit both sides tremendously ” “West Germany is one of the most attractive markets in the entire world. Sixty million people with an above-average amoun of spending money and a very high standard of living deserves to be recognized by Canada’s industries.” No pitchforks in Tiddlycove West Vancouver's 1980 municipal tax increase of 10.9% obviously isn’t the best news for the good citizens of Tiddlycove. But even so. those of them who stil: read Vancouver's afternoon newspaper may be forgiven for wondering last Friday whethe: ts editorial writer was putting them on or — as the kindly clinica) expression little exaggerated However Humphreys also noted that the previous year’s increase had been held :o 3.4% That gives a total of !4.3% over the two-year period 1979-80. an annual average of 7 .5% goes — hadlos' ouch with reality The Sun editoriai