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November 27, 1983

Busy evening ended
early at Park Royal

PARK ROYAL South Mall merchants spent a
frustrating evening in the dark Thursday while the
people who would have been shopping in their
stores went clsewhere.

The reason was a power
fathure that plunged the mall

into darkness
pm and that

just before *

lasted until

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Point Atkinson
SUNDAY

IF THERE’S this much rain, it has to be winter on the Lower Maintand. It isn’t official yet, ‘of course; but the frequency of
storms is increasing and the reports of drenchings — from both the skies above and the streets. delow.— are on the increase.

It will be a while yet before we're in for a spell of dry weather, so keep the umbrellas handy.:

TREE TOPPLES
VIALL IN DARK

almost moidmight
Power to the

was cul by a

across tines

south mall

tree that fell
during Thurs
day's rain and high winds. at
atume when Thursday cven
ing shopping crowds are nor
mally near theit peak

Park Royal officials
couldnt estimate Une value of
lost sales duc to the blackout

but it ous thought to be
substantial
“Thursday evenings are

usually quite busy 9° Park
Royal spokesman Hugh Ad
dison told The News Friday
“By Comparison. | went over
to the the north mall (which
stall had power) and i was
really quite busy Addison
said the Pask Royal ad

ministration office received

no reports of trouble between
the ume the power went out
and the time merchants
decided they would have to
close their stores) for the
evening

That cause was aided by
the presence of the cntire
mall's security staff,

maintenance staff) members
and West Vancouver police
A major

concern of the

mall, Addison said, was also
unfounded when power was
restored in time to prevent
spoilage of food stored in
freezers at grocery stores

The major loss, tt appears,
was to the merchants who
went into the evening looking
forward to the crush of
Christmas shoppers and
wound up staring ghumly into
darkness