‘mostly honest, as so. she says..She sent me a letter, . explaining her: own case far better than Lean... -. ed ‘local’ “changes. Thus 1 found | out. “that for thirteen - 7 Dear Peter. I thought I° had better explain why I am writing you. and my other friends to ask. maited...and waited. "you not to send. me. Christ- mas greetings this: year. It’s. _ mot that-T. don’t ‘like -C mas preetings. It’s. ju . not-in ‘mid-spring. ‘But Iam caught up in 1 the bowels of the bureaucracy, | and right now.am somewhere between the Municipality: of _ West Vancouver and the Post | Office, and the Position: is. omy lot. alll ceed Ged I sold I subdivided. -the - | My friend Monica ’ ‘is no -Scrodge- 3 hearted. lady. of. mature years. and limited means, © Back Street. This: apparently - she is a writer by trade....a desperate | business, but waited for: ‘some. notification 7 from -Municipal Hall of my mew geographic. ‘status. I cA: ‘warm- ! 5 designated as. indeed, “1355 “concerned. the issuing of a. a 7 HEADPHONES - “building: permit .to .a ‘next Koss. '. sdoor developer, which caus- “Pro 4 AAA 59.95 “When: YT began. to ‘receive ce. - Jong-distance calls. from my st that. Toronto publisher wanting to -Tlike them at Christmas, and” me, we'll. move on to the Tax. Fi | ae “Department. In July I receiv- g Ho 414 ~ 49.95 ed a Water Rates bill, and | | aan 424 ‘kriow why his mail had been _ “returned - marked - “*no such a address,”’ - property. where 1 have lived - : for.many years, ‘at a- ‘place I. shail call 1437 Front: Street, and sold the lot on Front _ The “Street. to someone. house. that. was: ‘built. on the Front Street lot was then -- given ‘the address. of . 1345 a Front ‘Street, thus. ‘cancelling. : out my_ old address. Access to my house. was now from Back ‘Street, ‘North Vancouver, 8.C. . ~V7M2H4. . OFFICENEWS (604) 980-051 1 CLASSIFIED ~~ _ 986-6222 | CIRCULATION 986-1337 CNA. SN’'< tot Ma megere ao Rowers Publisher Peter Speck Associate Publisher : Bob Graham | Editor-in-Chief ~ Noel Wright: MS Mana Ing Editor: Andy Fraser News Editor o~ Chris Uoyd .. a Photos Ellsworth Dickson Advartising Olrector Eric Cardwell Traffic Manager’ Donna Champion Production Tim Francia Faye McCrae Classitied - Berni Hilliard Circulation Director Sam Stewart Cireutation Manager Yvonne Gourley — Administration Barbora Haywood Accounts | Sylvia Sorenson ‘North Shore. News, founded in 1960 ‘as. on ‘independent community.” newspaper and qualitiod under Schedule 111, 111, Paragraph W111 of the Exclo6 Tax Act.is published oach Wednesday ‘and Sunday by. tha North Shore Free Pross Lid, and diatributed to overy door on. the. North: Number 3885, and .5 duly: 1139 Lonsdale Avenue, es ae was: 1362. Back Street. s | called the Municipal Hall for . verification: There » a had not, ‘received: it, ‘However, Ji: “sent ‘to all possible — correspondents ao change of. address . card, to wi 1362. Back Street. moe far... The. municipality : -had 7 erred. ; | again phoned the Munic- | ipal Hall, and after a long silence was told that yes, it “of ~ Christmas mail Shore. Second Class Mall Roplatration of VERIFIED CIRCULATION 47,AS\ Entlre contents 4 1078 North, Shove Free Press ‘isa au ngnte n roserved. tb : yo a ee Toe i “8th, ‘certainly looked on the map as though I lived at. 1355, but the person dealing with such matters was away for a week. ] would be informed in due | course. | am ‘still wondering . how long a due. course is. At this point J was having, mail returned to sender from two. non-existent addresses and had run up a sizable bill » “for'explanatory long-distance calls to publishers, etc. Panic set-inat the thought added. to the chaos, .and in desperation I. phoned — the Post: Office. An incredibly | _ helpful. gentleman looked up the file and discovered an area map. dated November 1977, .very faintly _ inscribed, with my. residence Prime Minister Pierre - Trudeau says he sees no need to introduce specific conflict-of-interest guides for senior public servants who serve as directors of Crown corporations. ‘' The Conservatives had _questionned the position of Thomas Shoyama, deputy finance , minister, and a member of Petro-Canada's board of directors, saying there was a possible conflict - “of interest, * *<. P_ nailed omy. - faithful postman, ‘who said’ he thought ‘my new. address - filed it without. much. atten- “new tax notice, for which I~ ro the hope of vast reductions of . “property taxes due to my --ember the tax notice came, gentleman told me that the m “department responsible: had — sent me a notice, but since | they © ‘would send out another. I did” not receive either. notice... : lady, you. “should have got thati in May or June. I started “my weary tale about the mail, but instead hung up. “| then went away for three a weeks, leaving mail for two: ‘addresses to be held at the Post Office. When I came. ~ home, the postman informed . , .me.that I was not at 1362, but _ + 1355 Back Street. Since the -- “street is a cul-de-sac, 1362. was, it seemed, going. too © minimum | research fee of - somebody — - why IT don't want Christmas found out where Iam. being : ‘No Petro Can . conflict’ — PM they can report back. . pretenses. - Municipal Hall:Where was. : that if I make a mistake, I pay. ~ for: it. And I kind of think them: fifty dollars in ‘penal- a that I have spent at ‘least . twenty hours: bleating for | _non- existent. information, | making’. out course if you're really deter- - mined, you could phone first. '. . Maximum $1000¢ Ber vee: wd | AT OTHER BRANCHES ASK (FOR ve oo we EE = STEVE POPE OE JEREMY TANNER rs "Conservative members Westin eosar Centre 3060 Edgemont : — os had raised the possibility JACK HARDER | . oo Bid N Van ; s “(Main Office . i . that Shoyama aa used Upper Lonsdale, N.Van JAKEFIDDICK : . 1 BB24291. 0” on ormation deputy minist or _ 960-6081 » Lower Capilano, N. van a is ‘ DAVE GiBBs *. . rl ity set - y financial — _ANN HIGGINS 98 8-1 101. eens oun . “Park Royal,” o comp ‘bet Petro 13th & Lonsdale, N.Van KLAUSHOEFLICH ose _ Wost Nancouver. agreement’. tween etro- 950-8504 | Kapil mo ye we 1 DROTETA: Can and another party that *o2e-r34t AS ryt Fig would not hive been possible to Tar | 67341 after the public release of ynnmour, N.Van. the recent budget. ‘988-6208 NENL SUTHERLAND oan | eo . a Main Ott ty Trudeau said. the [@ 9BB- ace government . places FREE DRAW FOR -KIGALC. 34.95 — - HVI te 54.95. months, ‘not ‘just six, I have w been living under false . | | | | SENNHEISER HD 400 ‘Now. if you ‘are ‘ still with 39.98 tion, to be paid when Igot my. had been eagerly watching in | R E Cc o R D c A R E changed status. In mid-Nov-_ -Disewasher $17. 95 - marked ‘‘Second.. Notice’’ Pixail Cleaner $17.95 | and bearing a ten per cent . _ Per rmostat antistatic spray penalty. “Again I phoned the Stylus Cleaner. -$3.95/$7.95 my First Notice? Oh said the Ss . Like” you, : Peter, Yam self-employed. Which means. 1246 Lynn} Valle N dust off Mtn. Highway others should do the same. the municipality claims I owe ties. My own calculations are. -- ‘Ask Maggie Fyson about RHO SP | and how we can lend you. the | money to get started. ° (ot 15th & Lonsdle Bronch) change of - address cards, and generally | straightening.up the mess in my correspondence. At a thirteen ‘dollars: an hour, owes me’ two hundred and sixty dollars. Disregarding the mental stress, that is. . ~—6sr But. I guess ‘you can see Greetings this year. Of. Maybe by Christmas I'll have Happy Holiday, Monica P.S. Just opened today’s mail. There is a letter sent by a friend from Municipal Hall, enclosing the original envel- ope in which it was sent. The envelope is stamped ‘‘No Such Address. Return to Sender." Help! _ - benefits . The money: you invest is pt ut to wok earnings: you: ‘tax emempt interest. All you need to start is. $60.- |]. But the more you put in the. more, you eave a: . Registered Home Owners Savings Plan is the best way.to save your taxes while you save for your home. Hurry, deadline is Dec. 31/78 government employees on | the boards of its agencies SO.